Anti-Slavery International - Overview

Overview

• The organization lobbies governments of countries with slavery to act against it.
• The organization lobbies governments and international agencies to increase the priority of combating slavery.
• The organization aids research to find out the extent of slavery.
• The organization works to increase awareness of slavery.
• Anti-Slavery International informs the public that slavery is a real issue today. Their goal is a world without slaves.

Three teams work in Anti-Slavery-International, Programme, Communication and Information.

The Programme team collects relevant information(in cooperation with partners) over central issues, the worst types of Child labour, Debt bondage, Forced labour, Forced marriage, human trafficking and traditional slavery. The team publishes the information and promotes legislation to protect victims.

The Communications Team produces material to educate and promote action including the magazine, ‘The Reporter’. The team lobby governments, the United Nations and the European Union urging them to help end all slavery. The reference library contains material from early in the abolitionist movement to the present day.

The Information Team deals with administration and fundraising among other issues. They publish an annual review and annual accounts.