(CEO of Arise, Ian Sweet, moderating the I nternational Conference on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery on Wednesday, 10 December 2025 ) Marking 25 Years of the Palermo Protocol The International Conference on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery was held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, bringing together global leaders to reflect on both progress made and challenges that remain in the fight against human trafficking. The conference marked 25 years since the

Arise was proud to host the third and final annual Sisters Anti-Trafficking Awards (SATAs)  in Lusaka last month, along with co-hosts UISG and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation . The SATAs is the annual celebration of three sisters, as representatives of their congregations and networks, who have demonstrated exceptional courage, creativity, collaboration and achievement in the protection of their communities from human trafficking. This year, the theme of the SATAs was “Faith

On 2 December, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we stop to remember a hard truth: slavery did not end with abolition laws or the transatlantic slave trade. It changed shape. Today, the UN estimates that around 50 million people are trapped in contemporary forms of slavery – in forced labour, forced marriage, trafficking and other forms of extreme exploitation. That is roughly one in every 150 people on earth. Behind every one of those numbers is a life stol