Excellent Sites : The NO Project

Please note that The NO Project does not own any rights to the the content of these excellent campaigns, however the work of these organisations is respectful, cutting edge and powerful. Students – if you use information from these sites, please always credit and cite your source. The short description of each organization has been adapted from their social media pages.

Anti-Slavery International

“Anti-Slavery International is the world’s oldest human rights organisation, dedicated to ending all forms of slavery in the modern world.” In this site you will find information about numerous powerful global campaigns by Anti-Slavery International and excellent educational resources to share through social media.

Girls Are Not For Sale (GEMS)

Girls Are Not for Sale is a campaign of Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS), largest nonprofit organization in USA specifically designed to empower commercially sexually exploited girls and young women, ages 12-24. For one of the most precise, insightful books about commercial sexual exploitation, read Girls Like Us, by Rachel Lloyd, Founder of GEMS. An unforgettable book.

Goodweave

Goodweave aims to stop child labor in the carpet industry and to replicate its market-based approach in other sectors. Please visit this amazing site and watch the video Stand with Sanju.

“Child servitude is a crime committed against 168 million children worldwide. They’re forced to sacrifice their youth and their education. Stand with Sanju demonstrates how consumer buying power could end child slavery in the carpet industry.”

Polaris Project

The remarkable Polaris Project actions are extensive as their excellent site indicates. Polaris are also responsible for establishing and managing the nationwide USA hotline number and text and for training other organizations around the world on how to set up their own hotline.

University of Nottingham, Anti-slavery Usable Past Project

In addition to anti-slavery murals and museums from around the world, the Anti-slavery Usable Past Project now hosts the “world’s largest archive of modern slavery survivor narratives. The site features more than a million words spoken or written by survivors of modern slavery that have been gathered over 20 years. The NO Project is honoured to be a partner with this project at Nottingham University.

Fairphone

“Fairphone is a social enterprise that is building a movement for fairer electronics. By making a phone, we’re opening up the supply chain and creating new relationships between people and their products. We’re making a positive impact across the value chain in mining, design, manufacturing and life cycle, while expanding the market for products that put ethical values first. Together with our community, we’re changing the way products are made.”