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Anti-Slavery was set up in 1839 with
the specific objective of ending
slavery throughout the world.
Despite
our many successful campaigns,
slavery
continues to exist in the 21st
century.
Anti-Slavery's work is divided among
three teams: Programme,
Communication
and Information, enabling us to work
effectively towards achieving our
goAbout Anti-Slavery Anti-Slavery was set up in 1839 with the specific objective of ending slavery throughout the world. Despite our many successful campaigns, slavery continues to exist in the 21st century. Anti-Slavery's work is divided among three teams: Programme, Communication and Information, enabling us to work effectively towards achieving our goal of a slave-free world. Programme The Programme Team works with partner organisations around the world to collect information on the issues central to our work: traditional slavery; child labour; bonded labour; and the trafficking and enslavement of men, women and children. The Programme Team publishes this information and works through international bodies in order to promote laws to protect those exploited by these practices. Communication The Communications Team comprises campaign, education and press officers who produce action briefings, educational materials, and our magazine the Reporter, to inform both the public and policy makers about slavery issues around the world. Anti-Slavery lobbies national governments, the United Nations, and the European Union to adopt policies which will help to bring about the end of all forms of slavery. Information Our Information Team includes fundraising, the reference library and archive. The finances raised from the public, charitable trusts, foundations, governments, the European Union and other institutions are critical to our ability to work towards the elimination of slavery. The library's collection of books, reports, journals, photographs, lantern slides, microfilm, video and press cuttings date from the early days of the abolitionist movement through to the present. Working for Change Anti-Slavery's work has produced real change. Throughout the 20th century, Anti-Slavery was involved in many successful campaigns, such as those to stop the abuse of rubber workers in the Belgian Congo and the use of child slaves -- Mui Tsai -- in Hong Kong. One of Anti-Slavery's recent successes demonstrates the strength of working in partnership with local organisations. In 1999, Anti-Slavery campaigned with the Philippine human rights organisation Visayan Forum for the introduction of labour laws to protect child domestics in the Philippines. An estimated one million girls under 18 work as maids in the Philippines for little or no pay and unlimited hours. A video called Out of Sight, Out of Mind was jointly produced by Anti-Slavery and Visayan Forum to draw attention to the plight of child domestics. The video was shown extensively on Philippine television and to members of Congress. This has led to the drafting of a new law which will protect child domestic workers.
