A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and sanctioned its cruelties

After 11 years of publishing, the team at Beyond Trafficking and Slavery is moving on to new projects. Thank you for joining us!

The post-colonial settlement has left Africa vulnerable to conflict, external pressure, and intellectual dependency. What comes next?

After 11 years of publishing, the team at Beyond Trafficking and Slavery is moving on to new projects. Thank you for joining us!

The White House is dangerously close to making anti-trafficking what the critics always said it was: flash and fluff

The White House is dangerously close to making anti-trafficking what the critics always said it was: flash and fluff

Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms

When dairy workers made common cause with Palestine solidarity activists, the result was radical love in the public square

Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out

Radical feminists and religious groups teamed up against sex work. Now they’re going after broader reproductive freedoms

Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership

Anti-trafficking has always been the handmaiden of Global North power, never its rebellious daughter. Let’s change that

Abstract. This article revisits the scholarly debates and activist actions around what have become known as ‘humanitarian borders’. The article shows how h

Explore the complexities of trafficking and the importance of effective evaluation in anti-trafficking interventions and measures.

Over 300 migrant sex workers took on city hall to keep their businesses, showing the power of collective organising

The 1970s movement paved the way for queer, Black, trans and sex working feminist organising across the world today

We have every reason to mistrust police, but the case against Joey the Player briefly showed us something different

Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out

Farm workers go on unofficial strikes as their temporary visas create barriers to union membership

We have every reason to mistrust police, but the case against Joey the Player briefly showed us something different

Far-right bullies are on the rise, and exploitation will likely rise with them. Cross-movement organising is the only way out

Publishes leading research concerning the history, economics, sociology, demography and anthropology of Southern Africa.

Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill

Laura Bates’ new book is distracted by sexbots. AI’s power to surveil and marginalise sex workers is the real story

Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park

The current state of “no war no peace” in northern Ethiopia seems to be preserved only by the rainy season’s predictable afternoon showers and relatively chill air. Tigrayans are making anxious prepar...

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At the beginning of September, South Africa’s Western Cape High Court will hear a case that could finally end the criminalization of sex work in the country.

Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.