Thanks to all who attended the #preparingforimpact launch - and for an energizing Q&A! Thanks to panelists Alex Balch, Miriam (Home Office) & Patrick (Hestia). Thanks to PaCCS - Conflict, Crime & Security Research & Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner for the opportunity to do this research and for running today's event.

New AKN report written by the Safeguarding Research Fellows Linnea Renton and Leona Vaughn, focuses on our project, "Enhancing Safeguarding in Efforts to Address Modern Slavery through the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals." liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/…

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Working with Partners in the Global South in the Arts and Humanities: Lessons from the Network Plus; written by Helen Bryant in collaboration with the AKN team and the GCRF Project Managers Network liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/…

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"Global efforts to address human trafficking and modern slavery have been criticised for their focus on criminal justice"... #modernslavery #SDGs 1/3

How can creative arts-based methods make a difference? "What does a social justice approach that is community driven look like?" globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/09/03/202… 2/3

Find out more about the 14 different Antislavery Knowledge Network projects across 8 countries involving 32 partners... liverpool.ac.uk/politics/resea…? 3/3

Watch: Dr Katia Balabanova discusses how Fashion brands should engage more proactively around sustainability on social media (cc LiverpoolFashionSummit) youtube.com/watch?v=raax7J…

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'We’re already developing research that is at the forefront of the most urgent and relevant issues that the policymakers are facing today' To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons Alex Balch blogs for UK Research and Innovation: lght.ly/4n941pa

We are delighted to announce the next package of funding calls from Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC, funded and supported by Arts and Humanities Research Council. Including: 4⃣ targeted responsive research calls 1⃣pre-announcement for Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC & @AHRCpress open call. modernslaverypec.org/latest/five-re… Thread 👇👇👇

"There is an increased awareness we need to address wider contexts to safeguard against #modernslavery & stop people getting trapped in exploitative situations." Our Research Director Alex Balch explains the focus of our funding call that opened today: modernslaverypec.org/latest/modern-…

“Freedom is one of those words that we have used so many times … its definition is a bit ambiguous … especially in the human trafficking sector, where the word itself has a different meaning depending on who is defining it” Sophie Otiende YOLRED_Uganda on freedom #timetolisten

“When people tell their own story, I believe that there is empathy and there’s an appreciation of nuances that go untold when that story is othered or told from the perspective of someone else” Headstrong Historian on the Visualising Liberté project DONKOSIRA #timetolisten

“The portrayal of human rights problems in Africa remains closely assoc. with sensationalism and exoticism, with similar stories repeated repeatedly. The question remains: why do we continue to produce and consume one-dimensional stories?” Allen Kiconco & NLAAC #timetolisten

Really happy to announce that our book chapter 'Chocolate, Children & the Curriculum: Child Exploitation & the Dominican Cocoa Industry' co-authored with @DrLeeVee as part of the The British Academy CCCTransparency project Liv Uni Politics is out later this year. bit.ly/3wfgniO

New research on impact of Covid-19 #humantrafficking #modernslavery by Journal of Human Trafficking and put together by co-authors Catherine Asekenye Alex Balch Willis Okumu Omony Geoffrey Linnea Renton Jassi K. Sandhar with thanks to funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council #covid19 #kenya #uganda #safeguarding 2/10