Abolitionism Current Affairs, GK & News
Britain pledge £4 million to support Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)
The Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF) supports international projects to trial innovative ways of stopping modern slavery, It is in news recently because Britain has pledged £4 million to support global anti-slavery projects. Six organizations – Anti-Slavery International and the United Nations University, Stronger Together, The Freedom Fund , Retrak and Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Abolitionism • Anti-Slavery International • Contemporary slavery • Ethical trade • Federations • Freedom Fund • Human rights abuses • Multiple Sclerosis International Federation • Slavery • Slavery in the 21st century • Unfree labour
2018 International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade is observed every year on March 25 to honour and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system. The International Day also aims to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice today. The ..
Topics: Abolitionism • African slave trade • Americas • Atlantic slave trade • Continents • Early Modern period • Human rights abuses • Racism • Slavery
The 2017 International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition observed on 23 August
The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is observed every year by UNESCO on August 23 to pay tribute to all those who fought for freedom, and, in their name, to continue teaching about their story and the values therein.
Topics: Abolitionism • African slave trade • Atlantic slave trade • Culture • Human rights abuses • International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade • Organizations • Remembrance days • Slavery • The Slave Route Project • UNESCO