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Woke-washing: How fast fashion brands use social issues for sales

“People shop with their values now - but brands haven’t changed theirs.”

Earth News

Lucy & Yak founder talks green buzzwords and fixing the supply chain

“We weren’t trying to start an ‘ethical, sustainable fashion brand’, we were just being decent humans."

World News

Report: 29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery

According to the report, titled "Stacked Odds," women account for 99% of all victims of forced sexual exploitation, 84% of all victims of forced marriage, and 58% of all victims of forced labour.

France

‘Revolting’: Magazine investigated for depicting French MP as a slave

Widely condemned as racist, the “political fiction” published in the right-wing weekly Valeurs Actuelles included images of left-wing politician Danièle Obono with an iron collar around her neck.

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Earth News

Three steps to reduce the dominance of fast fashion

Sustainable fashion expert Yen Goo argues how the sector needs to change in the wake of the Boohoo slavery scandal.

Earth News

Euroviews. It's time to dismantle fast fashion and its exploitative practices

Frankie Leach argues that "there is no redemption for fast fashion" in the wake of the Boohoo slavery scandal.

Earth News

Inside the Leicester sweatshops accused of modern slavery

As Boohoo faces an investigation into its factories, we consider the alternatives to fast fashion.

United Kingdom

'Don’t take down statues, take down racism,' says black professor

"My ancestors had to face the slavers and fight. I think I can face the evil face of a statue and fight," Scotland's first black professor, Sir Geoff Palmer, told Euronews.

United Kingdom

London removes slave trader's statue, launches monuments' review

The Museum of London said that the statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish slave trader and merchant who by the time of his death owned two sugar plantations and 526 slaves in Jamaica, had "stood uncomfortably" outside its east London premises, for a long time.

United Kingdom

Who was Edward Colston and why was his statue torn down?

The statue of Edward Colston had been at the centre of a controversy for years. On Sunday, anti-racism protesters toppled it from its plinth and tipped it into a river.

United Kingdom

Charities fear rise in modern slavery as UK lockdown eases

Campaigners fear the easing of coronavirus lockdowns could spark a rise in exploitation, as businesses scramble to recruit low-paid workers.

USA

Four hundred years since the first African slaves, race still divides

America's first African slaves arrived in August 1619 - 400 years later and race still divides the U.S.

World News

Forced labour 'most prevalent form of modern slavery in Europe'

Even though Europe has the lowest rates of forced marriage, it still has high rates of forced labour, particularly in eastern Europe,

USA

Dozens of migrants disembark in Malta after days stranded at sea

Malta allowed their rescue ship to dock after Germany, France, Portugal and Luxembourg agreed to take the 64 migrants in.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. UK must do more to tackle sex slavery at home | View

On World Day against Trafficking in Persons, it's clear the British government has a long way to go to end widespread sexual exploitation happening within its own borders, despite claiming to be a leader in the fight against modern slavery.

Europe News

Modern slavery in the heart of Europe

No need to travel far from EU institutions to find out about migrant labour conditions.

United Kingdom

UK's anti-slavery czar resigns

Commissioner Kevin Hyland says he has been frustrated by government interference in his role.

Business Series

Are there more people in slavery now than during the transatlantic sla

Panellists at 2018's World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos present a new global fund that they hope will reduce modern slavery in identified areas by 50 per cent.

World News

Amnesty International accuses EU of complicity in Libyan slave trade

Major report alleges European governments prefer to work with criminals rather than allow uncontrolled migrant flows into the Mediterranean.

United Kingdom

Anti-slavery march calls on Libya to end "crime against African humani

Protesters gathered outside the Libyan embassy in London to demand the end of slave auctions in the North-African country on Saturday, December 9.