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Two CGI members,Polaris Projectand Free the Slaves, have each made 2014 Commitments to Action that are examples of such collaborative and scalable approaches.
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Through its 2014 commitment, Polaris Project is building the sector’s first comprehensive, centralized database of anti-trafficking and slavery organizations called the Global Modern Slavery Directory. According to Bradley Myles, chief executive officer of Polaris Project, “Human trafficking is a global crime and it’s absolutely critical the organizations and people working to combat it are connected to ensure a coordinated response. When victims are trafficked in one country, but need help in another, law enforcement and service providers must be able to identify the organizations that provide services on the ground. The Global Modern Slavery Directory is connecting these organizations and hotlines throughout the world so we can strengthen this global safety net.” This comprehensive database will also reveal gaps in services, making it possible for funders to invest strategically in order to achieve the greatest holistic impact.
Together with its partners, which include Freedom Fund and Walk Free, Polaris Project will expand the database to include more than 3,000 contacts and provide geographic coverage in over 148 countries by 2017. Myles explains, “Hundreds of organizations have joined the Directory since it was launched, and we’re working to ensure even more are added in the years to come.”
Developing a Shared Toolbox of Tested Anti-Trafficking Interventions
The anti-slavery movement is also inhibited by a lack of primary data on the magnitude and dynamics of slavery, especially at the local level where people are most vulnerable and programs can be most effective. This scarcity of information makes it very difficult to determine if slavery in a specific location is growing, diminishing, or remaining unchanged — and if the interventions being implemented to strengthen communities against vulnerability are proving effective in ending slavery.
Through its 2014 Commitment to Action — Pioneering Measurement of Slavery and Slavery Eradication — Free the Slaves will use its monitoring and evaluation expertise to develop shared tools that can be used by the entire anti-trafficking sector. These tools will measure on-the-ground changes in community behavior, assess the capacity of intervening organizations, determine a community’s collective resistance to slavery, track changes in public policy, and record progress of individual slavery survivors.
To obtain baseline research, Free the Slaves works closely with partner organizations in local communities.
Developed and tested over the next two years, this toolkit will ultimately lead to sector-wide improvements that protect an additional 60,000 people from the risk of slavery.