Special feature: how to be ethical when researching SGBV in Africa post-conflict settings

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Creating space for writing alternative histories through peoples’ tribunals

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Researching the inner workings of the International Criminal Court

Written by: Hannah Baumeister All articles by: Hannah Baumeister
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Too Black for Canada, too white for Congo: re-searching in a (dis)placed body

Written by: Jen Katshunga All articles by: Jen Katshunga
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Speak to survivors, but don’t forget their advocates

Written by: Heather Tasker All articles by: Heather Tasker
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Speaking about violence in Sierra Leone

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Research, relationships and reciprocity in Northern Uganda

Written by: Philipp Schulz All articles by: Philipp Schulz
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Research as more than extraction? Knowledge production and gender-based violence in African conflicts

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It’s time for the anti-trafficking sector to stand up for decriminalisation of sex work

24 June 2019

Written by: BTS Anonymous All articles by BTS Anonymous

UK politicians want to prevent trafficking by criminalising the clients of sex workers. The anti-trafficking sector...
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The two-fronted fight of sex workers against trafficking

14 June 2019

Written by: Boglárka Fedorkó All articles by Boglárka Fedorkó

Sex workers are caught between exploitation in the industry and the misguided policies designed to help them.
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Searching for the entrance to France’s ‘prostitution exit programme’

27 May 2019

Written by: Calogero Giametta All articles by Calogero Giametta

Written by: Hélène Le Bail All articles by Hélène Le Bail

The French Prostitution Act offers the country’s sex workers a way out, but the programme is picky about who it accepts.
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Can we really spot slavery from space?

3 June 2019

Written by: Pankhuri Agarwal All articles by Pankhuri Agarwal

The University of Nottingham hopes to find slaves in India by looking for brick kilns in satellite imagery....
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Rights not rescue for migrant sex workers

14 May 2019

Written by: Luca Stevenson All articles by Luca Stevenson

The criminalisation of clients does nothing to protect sex workers from police harassment, border guards, racism,...
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When cops help sex workers rather than harass them

30 April 2019

Written by: Fraser Crichton All articles by Fraser Crichton

In one of the few countries in the world to decriminalise sex work, an unlikely alliance is now making it safer.

The Future of Work Round Table

All migrants deserve protection as migrants. All workers deserve protection as workers. Modern slavery and human trafficking campaigns selectively focus upon a small minority of vulnerable migrants, and a small minority of precarious workers. These cases are the tip of the iceberg.

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Esclavage sexuel, mariage forcé, esclavage conjugal : problèmes autour du recueil de la parole des victimes

Published on: 15 July 2019

Written by: Gaëlle Breton-Le Goff All articles by Gaëlle Breton-Le Goff

La parole des victimes est particulièrement importante car elle sert de base factuelle pour élaborer de nouveaux...
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La recherche, plus que de l’extraction ? Production de connaissances et violence fondée sur le genre dans les conflits africains

Published on: 15 July 2019

Written by: Annie Bunting All articles by Annie Bunting

Written by: Joel Quirk All articles by Joel Quirk

La recherche sur la violence fondée sur le genre dans les conflits africains est parsemée d’embûches d’ordre...
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How ‘evidence-based’ anti-trafficking campaigns make facts and mismeasure freedom

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Lyndsey P. Beutin All articles by Lyndsey P. Beutin

Sensational, sexualised imagery is often held up as the greatest sin of anti-trafficking awareness campaigns, but...
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The sadism of anti-trafficking and the erasure of racial slavery

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Tryon P. Woods All articles by Tryon P. Woods

Written by: P. Khalil Saucier All articles by P. Khalil Saucier

This debate has failed to engage with the enduring structure of racial slavery. As representations of African...
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The wastefulness of human trafficking awareness campaigns

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Dina Haynes All articles by Dina Haynes

There is no evidence that public awareness campaigns help victims of human trafficking. Instead of continuing to...
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Cutting corners to make a compelling story: trafficking awareness campaigns as fake news and alternative facts

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Kelli Lyon Johnson All articles by Kelli Lyon Johnson

Anti-trafficking awareness campaigns share many features with fake news and alternative facts. While the latter are...
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Beyond parachutes and self-appointed saviours: grounding campaigns against human trafficking in lived experiences

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Jamison Liang All articles by Jamison Liang

Public awareness campaigns targeting human trafficking can be messy and imperfect, but we also see positive examples...
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More than catch phrases and click bait: mutual learning as a tactic for combating the exploitation of migrants

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Borislav Gerasimov All articles by Borislav Gerasimov

Anti-trafficking campaigns are more concerned with generating clicks than with taking effective action against...
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Targeting vulnerable communities: public awareness of human trafficking must align with policies directly benefiting all victims and survivors

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Ima Matul All articles by Ima Matul

Public awareness campaigns have lots to say about sex trafficking, but often fail to reach communities directly...
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Beyond survival: lessons from domestic worker organising campaigns against human trafficking and labour exploitation

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Samira Hafiz All articles by Samira Hafiz

Anti-trafficking campaigns can help to tip the scales towards justice, but they will only succeed if they are...
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Getting through the front door: public awareness campaigns as an essential first step in the fight against human trafficking

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Marilyn Murray All articles by Marilyn Murray

Campaigns to raise public awareness have limitations, but they are also constantly being refined and improved. They...
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Marketing mass hysteria: anti-trafficking awareness campaigns go rogue

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Cristine Sardina All articles by Cristine Sardina

Efforts to raise awareness about human trafficking contribute to a save and rescue rhetoric that helps little, yet...
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Campaign culture matters: Bringing together awareness and evidence

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Zoe Trodd All articles by Zoe Trodd

It can be hard to say what works, but we need an enduring commitment to empowerment and self-liberation rather than...
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Linking information and action in the fight against human trafficking

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Matthew Friedman All articles by Matthew Friedman

Public awareness campaigns targeting human trafficking must link comprehensive information with a well-researched...
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Raising awareness: of what? for what? by whom? for whom?

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: David Feingold All articles by David Feingold

While broad-scale awareness raising tactics have succeeded in generating public interest in human trafficking, they...
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Without knowledge there can be no progress in the fight against modern slavery

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Joanna Ewart-James All articles by Joanna Ewart-James

We will never be able to combat modern forms of slavery if people aren’t aware that modern slavery exists.
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Introduction: do the hidden costs outweigh the practical benefits of human trafficking awareness campaigns?

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Elena Shih All articles by Elena Shih

Written by: Joel Quirk All articles by Joel Quirk

Raising awareness campaigns may be motivated by good intentions, but how much do they actually accomplish? What are...
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Look beneath the surface: a public health approach to raising awareness and ending human trafficking

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Katherine Chon All articles by Katherine Chon

To be truly effective, public awareness campaigns must be combined with calls to action, such as the successful...
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Rich in funds but short on facts: the high cost of human trafficking awareness campaigns

Published on: 20 June 2019

Written by: Anne Elizabeth Moore All articles by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Efforts to raise public awareness of human trafficking are ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. They...

Confronting root causes: forced labour in global supply chains

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