Kate Garbers
Kate Garbers (born 1981) is a founder and managing director[1] of the Bristol, UK-based anti-slavery organisation and charity Unseen.[2] She has developed projects to support survivors of slavery, and assists and advises survivors, law enforcement agencies on how to tackle trafficking, as well as governments, including Parliament with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.[3] Garbers also received the Influencer Award, a UK national Social Change Award, for her work fighting human trafficking, including contributing to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the National Referral Mechanism Review.[4]
Career
Garbers became an activist after working with children in a Ukrainian orphanage and learning there would be no help or places for them to go. This gave rise to problems including alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness, human trafficking and prostitution, which local police had difficulty dealing with.[5]
Garbers teamed up with Andrew Wallis, an anti-trafficking campaigner, to establish Unseen UK in November 2008[6] and later opened southwest England's first safe house for women victims of trafficking in Bristol.[5]
Unseen's "Let's Nail It" campaign was supported by Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy and Bristol North West MP Darren Jones.[7] As well as campaigning against exploitation of employees working in nail-bars,[8] Garbers has highlighted exploitation of workers in car-wash facilities.[2]
In 2018, Garbers spoke at the TEDxExeter conference about modern slavery.[9]
Awards
In March 2018, Garbers was named as one of the 100 must influential women in the west of England for her work fighting modern-day slavery at a local, national and international level.[10]
On International Women's Day in March 2018, Amnesty International recognized Garbers as one of six "ordinary women who are changing the world" by campaigning against modern injustices.[11]
In 2017, Garbers received the Influencer Award, a UK national Social Change Award for her work combatting human trafficking, including contributing to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the National Referral Mechanism Review.[4]
In 2015, Unseen was given a Charity Times Award for Best Charity under £1 million.[12]
In 2012, Garbers was given a Citizenship Award by the McWhirter Foundation.[12]
References
- ↑ "Child sex and drug trafficking cases 'tip of the iceberg' as UK..." 29 August 2018 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bulman, May (14 November 2018). "Trafficked car wash workers suffering trench foot, chemical burns and illegally low pay, MPs say". Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ "Kate Garbers". Guardian. January 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Social Change Awards winners announced". www.charitytimes.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Influencer Award - Directory of Social Change". Directory of Social Change. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
- ↑ "Unseen UK". Companies House. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ Wallwork, Ellen (26 October 2017). "MP Darren Jones Sports Red Nail Polish In Parliament To Raise Awareness Of Modern Slavery". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ Garbers, Kate (5 January 2018). "Nail bars are havens for modern slavery. Here's how you can help tackle it". Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Hedge, Stacey. "TEDxExeter Speakers – Page 2". tedxexeter.com.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Thatcher, Holly (8 March 2018). "The 100 most influential women in the West". Bristol Post. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ↑ Barrie, Joshua (8 March 2018). "6 incredible women changing the world as we celebrate International Women's Day". The Mirror.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Kate's dream of creating a world without slavery puts her in line for national award". Bishopston Voice. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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