Research Funding: Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within publicly funded modern slavery research in the UK
BSNET has been awarded a research fund by the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre to lead a research on improving equality, diversity and inclusion(EDI) within public funded modern slavery research in the UK. The aim of this project is to: Generate new data and...
DEBBIE ARIYO OBE, FOUNDER OF AFRUCA/BASNET, AWARDED ‘ACTIVATE FUND’ GRANT TO DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL CAPACITY-BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR BME ANTI-TRAFFICKING INNOVATORS
AFRUCA – Safeguarding Children has received a major grant from the Churchill Fellowship to design and implement a three-day residential capacity-building programme for Black and Minority Ethnic Anti-Trafficking Innovators who are members of the UK BME Anti-Slavery...
STATEMENT ON INTERATIONAL LABOUR DAY 2022
In commemorating International Labour Day 2022, the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) has called on the UK government and its agencies including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), the National Health Service, care associations and other stakeholders...
BASNET STATEMENT: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Victims’ Voices Lead the way As the world marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, it presents a unique opportunity for Governments, Civil societies and the international community, to reflect on approaches to finding solutions in curbing human trafficking and...
BASNET Releases Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan For The UK Modern Slavery Sector; Urges Action To Make Sector More Inclusive.
13 July 2021 PRESS RELEASE BASNET Releases Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan For The UK Modern Slavery Sector; Urges Action To Make Sector More Inclusive. The UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) today releases its Action Plan on Equality, Diversity and...
The First Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death
Statement: The death of George Floyd in the US on May 25th 2020 led to a global campaign and revealed the UK’s own challenges in relation to racism, lack of equality, diversity and inclusion. Our anti-trafficking and anti-slavery sector is not immune as...
Event: Diversity and Inclusion in the Anti-trafficking sector
Event: In June 2020, BASNET in partnership with the Human Trafficking Foundation held a sector-wide event to highlight the lack of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the UK anti-trafficking and modern slavery sector. Click to watch the video...
Black Lives Matter and the UK’s anti-trafficking sector
PRESS RELEASE: Jun 10, 2020 The UK anti-trafficking and anti-slavery sector has been very silent about the global, topical issue of “Black Lives Matter”. However, this should not be the case. The sector requires a lot of introspection and reflection to address its...
OPINION: Black Lives Matter and the UK’s anti-trafficking sector
Amid the global anti-racism protests, representation in the UK anti-trafficking sector is still severely skewed and must transform bottom-up