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What is BeGlobal Network?

And where did we come from? beGlobal Network was born through a collective effort to create a hub of cities engaged in the fight against modern slavery and human trafficking in global cities. This happened, particularly, because while Silvia and I, from the Modern Slavery Research Center at BRICS Policy Center, at PUC-Rio, in Rio […]

Report of study “the domestic work in Maputo City: a type of modern slavery”

Domestic work represents one of the main sources of paid work in Mozambique (INE, 2019). Half a million Mozambicans are domestic workers (INE, 2019; Castel-Branco, 2019; Castel-Branco, 2017). One-third of them are in the urban areas while two-thirds are in rural areas (INE, 2019). Despite being regulated and creating the Workers Association in the country, […]

I Webinar Global Cities Free of Slavery Partners Forum: A COVID-19 impact analysis

With the spread of the Covid-19 virus worldwide, the BeGlobal oriented its debates to the effects of the pandemic on patterns of modern slavery, considering the impact of emergency state policies on the labour market. Emerging official and civil society evidence (IBGE,2020, Walk Free 2020 and ILO 2020) has shown that the pandemic has exacerbated […]

Global Cities Free of Slavery I Workshop in Rio de Janeiro

Aware of the relevance of approaches that engage with both global policy networks and specific locations to tackle human rights violations globally, the BeGlobal network launched its first workshop in Rio de Janeiro in the BRICS Policy Centre, in January 2020. The workshop in Rio was the first step to the construction of an anti-slavery […]

Global Cities Free of Slavery

The movie centered its discussions on modern slavery and new forms of labour exploitation in the city of Rio de Janeiro. By filming the Cooperativa Maravilha, Morro da Providencia and the city’s port area, promoted several discussions regarding the contemporary side of the problem. It also counted with the participation of international and national researchers […]