PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
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A Conversation with Former UN High Commissioners for Human Rights is a virtual dialogue that explores the future of human rights and contemporary challenges such as the climate crisis, the ascent of authoritarianism, untold civilian casualties, persistent inequality, and the paradox of technology as both a force for good and harm. Also available is a curated essay collection, The Next 25, which presents uniquely positioned perspectives on human rights for present and future generations.
New research from the Human Trafficking Legal Center speaks to the intersection between exploitation and poverty. In a guest blog on our website, Evelyn Chumbow, Fainess Lipenga, and Nat Paul detail the findings of an anonymous survey examining survivor experiences with poverty before, during, and after exiting their trafficking situations.
Labor rights organizations who support frontline workers are encouraged to apply to the Democracy At Work fund. The fund seeks to make strategic investments in Asia, Africa, and Latin America aimed at building resilience and strengthening the capacity of workers’ organizations. The fund prioritizes efforts led directly by workers in the informal economy, by women and migrant-led organizations, as well as efforts at the intersection of workers’ rights, gender justice, racial justice, and climate justice. Learn more here.
Peace Direct announced its new campaign #PeaceStartsHere, as its co-creators met in-person for the first time at the Shift The Power summit (more on the summit below) and launched the project. You can learn more about the campaign and its journey here, and sign up to get updates here.
A new report published by the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) Initiative says that changing international anti-money laundering laws and practices to include the confiscation of assets and proceeds derived from forced labour and human trafficking could contribute to efforts to provide remedy to its victims and survivors.. Read the full report.
The Business & Human Rights Resource Center has published details on human rights abuses in Myanmar's garment industry. The report says workers affected by allegations recorded so far are employed at 175 factories producing or formerly producing for at least 87 named global fashion brands.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HU
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Earlier this month, members of our Peacebuilding and Public Engagement portfolio teams had the opportunity to attend the #ShiftThePower summit in Bogotá, Colombia. This year we worked with our partners at Peace Direct and Robert Bosch Stiftung to support the attendance of a contingent of peacebuilders from around the world.
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With their participation, and with the conference location in Bogotá, the importance of peacebuilding was elevated as part of the equation toward building a global civil society and funding system that centers equity, justice and flourishing lives for all.
Humanity United Senior Manager, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking Mahendra Pandey represented HU at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, speaking to the unique vulnerabilities of migrants to exploitation. Mahendra has been featured in Forbes Australia in an article about WalkFree’s work with survivors and their communities.
Humanity United, in collaboration with the Sudanese American Community Development Organization (SACDO), will be sharing perspectives and personal accounts from members of the Sudanese community in a new blog series. We hope that the stories we share will provide context for those new to this conflict, offer a Sudanese lens on the international community’s response, highlight the roles that civilians and civil society groups are now playing and provide greater insight through personal accounts. We hope that these stories create the space and awareness needed to ensure that Sudanese people receive and realize lasting peace. Read these perspectives on our blog.
Leslie Wingender, Director, Peacebuilding, was a guest at a Kroc Institute panel discussion on the progress, challenges, and opportunities that lie ahead in the journey to establish a lasting and sustainable peace in Colombia. More information and video of the event is available here.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
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Humanity United will be on a two-week winter break beginning Friday, Dec. 22 and will return to work on Monday, Jan. 8. This is an opportunity for our staff to focus on family and friends and spend time recharging in preparation for the work of 2024. We are immensely grateful for your partnership in the work toward an inclusive, free, and peaceful world, and wish you happiness and hope in 2024.
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