Today, Helen Jones, Commonwealth Advocacy Adviser, and Elizabeth Speller, Advocacy Director, represented It’s a Penalty at the Pre-World Congress Symposium to call for action on birth registration. Hosted at the Australian High Commission in London, this invitation-only event convened key stakeholders for in-depth dialogue focused on children's
FOOTBALLERS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TEAM UP & TAKE ACTION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING AHEAD OF UEFA WOMEN’S EURO The It’s a Penalty Campaign uses sport as a platform to educate and empower the public to recognise and report signs of human trafficking Switzerland – June 25, 2025 In the lead-up to the UEFA
End of year message As we wrap up 2024, we want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to you - to our partners, sponsors, supporters, volunteers, and followers. Your unwavering support inspires us every day, helping us achieve our mission to prevent abuse, exploitation,
Modern Slavery: A Commonwealth-Wide and Global Crisis With the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games’ taking place earlier this Summer, and as our Birmingham Campaign coming to close, we are taking the time to reflect on the work that needs to be done in order to address human trafficking
How does exploitation relate to missing? It’s a Penalty and Missing People are honoured to partner during It’s a Penalty’s Birmingham Campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking and people who have gone missing in the West Midlands and therefore may be at risk of exploitation. How
Birmingham 2022: The multiplex reasons behind running a campaign during a Major Sporting Event As the 2022 Commonwealth Games kicks off in Birmingham, at It’s a Penalty, we’ve also launched our latest human trafficking prevention campaign! Our awareness-raising campaigns run in the lead-up-to and during major sporting
CHOGM 2022: Working Together to Protect Children from Violence This week, from 19 to 25 June, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is taking place in Kigali, Rwanda. Heads of State from across the Commonwealth are gathering to reaffirm their common values and agree on actions to improve the
The Power of Sporting Events in the Fight Against Human Trafficking Traffickers often see sporting events as an opportunity. We need to educate people on how to recognise the signs of exploitation and what to do when they see them.Human trafficking is defined as the exploitation of people through forced
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking & Exploitation in Japan “As reported over the past five years, human traffickers subject Japanese and foreign men and women to forced labor and sex trafficking, and they subject Japanese children to sex trafficking”- U.S. Department of State, Trafficking In Persons
The Importance of Working with Major Sporting Events to Prevent Human Trafficking THE LINK BETWEEN MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKINGIn recent years, enormous amounts of media attention have been directed at the link between major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, the Olympic & Paralympic Games and the
