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HRC will be hosting a webinar on “Exploring Ways to Respond to Victims of Forced Scam Labour” following the publication of our latest briefing, Guidance on Responding to Victims of Forced Scam Labour. Date: Wednesday 17th May Time: 09:00 BST / 13:30 IST / 16:00 HKT Duration: 60 minutes This webinar will bring together key stakeholdersContinue reading “Webinar: Exploring Ways to Respond to Victims of Forced Scam Labour”

I am a survivor of human trafficking and modern slavery. From April-September 2022, I was forced to work in a scamming compound in Sihanoukville, Cambodia and was sold 4 times for as much as $10,000 to different companies that operated within the compound. It was a hell-like experience as the compounds used violence to controlContinue reading “I was once a victim of human trafficking, now I help bring other victims home safely from Cambodia to Bangladesh”

HRC is starting a new project in collaboration with Winrock International, funded by USAID Asia CTIP, which aims to identify gaps and opportunities to improve the protection of fishermen in the tuna supply chain in the Pacific Ocean. This will be done through scenario mapping of the roles of actors involved from the recruitment ofContinue reading “HRC to begin new research project in collaboration with Winrock International, funded by USAID Asia CTIP, in order to increase transparency in the tuna fishing supply chain”

Humanity Research Consultancy (HRC) is starting a new project with Winrock International, funded by USAID Asia CTIP, to conduct participatory research with trafficking survivor networks in Bangladesh.  This research will improve understanding of practices that achieve effective bottom-up systemic change. In previous research projects, HRC identified survivor networks and survivor leaders as key contributors to theContinue reading “HRC to begin new research project in partnership with Winrock International, funded by USAID Asia CTIP in order to better understand and scale up survivors’ networks”

Through a media report, a cyber scam victim from Ethiopia was evacuated from Cambodia after the family contacted HRC to facilitate her safe return home. It all began when a worried family in Ethiopia contacted a Germany-based Deutsche Welle (DW) reporter after reading their story on human trafficking in Cambodia published last month. The storyContinue reading “From Cambodia to Ethiopia: How media coverage and collaboration saved the life of an Ethiopian human trafficking victim”

The findings published by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and funded by the United States Government identified and sequenced the determinants influencing the Bahrain Government’s anti-trafficking efforts. HRC also conducted a similar study with BIICL in Algeria.   The study found that the government of Bahrain has taken several notable actionsContinue reading “HRC-led research released by BIICL finds international reputation and economic growth as the main determinants in Bahrain’s effort to tackle human trafficking “