Anti-Slavery International

 The non-governmental organization Anti-Slavery International is a movement driven NGO, based in London, that focuses on eradicating slavery from the globe. It operates in more than 20 countries, specifically in areas such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. The NGO targets slavery in four areas, responsible business, child slavery, climate change, and migration and trafficking. The Anti-Slavery International targets these factors in multiple ways including legislation, legal protection, long term care, partnerships, bringing awareness, addressing norms, and tracking trafficking routes. To address slavery within businesses, the NGO has lobbied for a stronger UK Modern Slavery Act, they work with businesses who want to stop forced labor, and they track state-imposed forced labor. They have recently contributed to ending state-forced labor in the cotton industry in Uzbekistan. Child Slavery is being addressed through providing legal protection for trafficked children, regardless of gender or situation, including child brides. They focus on norms and structures that leave children vulnerable to slavery, such as child begging or traditional child slavery in the Sahel Belt of Africa. The NGO addresses climate change and migration similarly as they view climate change as a cause of forced migration. They argue that migration leaves individuals in an exploitive state, and that they are extremely vulnerable to trafficking at this time. The organization argues for safer migration routes that are more governmentally overseen, in order to reduce this vulnerable state. They also are pushing for a global effort to reduce climate change, in order to reduce the need for migration, and have partnered with environmental experts to achieve this goal. Overall, Anti-Slavery International seems to have a great effect in areas around the world. They have coordinated the creation and passing of legislation to protect the victims of slavery, as well as addressed direct issues that contribute to the problem.