Mission

‘Street Art Against Slavery’ is an exciting project and soon to be, high profile exhibition and event, for Anti-Slavery International. The primary aim is to use the power and expression of street art to highlight the existence of slavery today. After all, modern day slavery is a complex issue and street art is steeped with a history of politics and protest which resonates with Anti-Slavery International. We are currently planning an ambitious exhibition and auction which will take place in October in the run up to Frieze. We are excited about representing a list of leading street artists, who have already made work around London for us to enjoy for free.

Category

Poverty Alleviation

Additional Information

Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery. We work at local, national and international levels to eliminate all forms of slavery around the world by: Supporting research to assess the scale of slavery in order to identify measures to end it; Working with local organisations to raise public awareness of slavery; Educating the public about the realities of slavery and campaigning for its end. Lobbying governments and intergovernmental agencies to make slavery a priority issue and to develop and implement plans to eliminate slavery. We at Anti-Slavery International are working towards eradicating slavery around the world and your support will help us to raise awareness and much-needed funds.  Although illegal, slavery today appears under many guises such as sex trafficking, bonded labour, child domestic work and forced labour.  Despite the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade over two centuries ago, children are still born today into slavery in parts of West Africa. Treated as property, these children can be sold or given away at a moment’s notice to a new ‘master’, separated from their families and expected to spend the rest of their life working all day, every day without pay.  You may have been following the Connor’s case in the news recently, which is an appalling example of slavery existing in the UK today.  Similarly, this year there were 493 reported adult and child victims of domestic or labour exploitation were referred to the UK human trafficking centre, with 18 of the from the UK.  This is both a global and local issue.