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In Northern Ireland and Scotland such support is required by law, in accordance with international standards, for example, the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings and the Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011. However, the picture is not as bleak everywhere in the United Kingdom. After escaping the offender, they often become homeless and extremely vulnerable to further exploration and abuse. In England and Wales, victims of modern day slavery do not have any automatic entitlement to housing, financial support, or any other practical support that would assist them post-abuse and enslavement. The provision of support to victims is still greatly failing. What is more, even if they are heard, there is no guarantee that they will receive the assistance they need. Victims of modern day slavery struggle to have their voices heard.

This includes about 5.5 million children. UNICEF estimates that there are around 21 million people trafficked for modern day slavery across the globe. Nonetheless, such incidents, though appalling, are not even the tip of the iceberg. Some of the victims of modern day slavery have gained media attention, as for example the Yazidi girls and women abducted and enslaved by Daesh from Sinjar, or girls and women abducted and enslaved by Boko Haram. International concern is justified because in the 21st century, there are more victims of slavery than at the time when William Wilberforce fought to end slavery. It’s a rebranding exercise… Suzanne Moore’s views on ‘trans’ are right the Guardian’s are wrong, and it is downright offensive – on all our parts – to think anything else.Modern day slavery is a topic of concern across the world.

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What more did Moore want? An Owen Jones baby blimp flown over a King’s Place women’s march? A ‘Suzanne’s Safe Space’ sign and the keys for Polly Toynbee’s Tuscan villa?Īs far as I can make out, none of this is about free speech. Moore’s refusal of Viner’s offer of lunch so they could talk it over was rude and disrespectful. Viner is just as entitled to change her paper’s political stance as any other editor.

We’re spiked – the Guardian hates us – but if no one else is going to stick up for it, we will. However, it’s obvious I am one, so I must now defend to the death the right of anyone to call me such while threatening to chop my head off to make a pissoir. Like any other decent human being, I don’t want to be a transphobe. What about stating what many believe, but are reluctant to say for fear of being cancelled - that no one should be changing sex before they’ve had it? How are we living in a society that thinks it is okay for a mother to have her child’s penis cut off as a 16th-birthday present? There are less savage penalties for burglary under Sharia law. What worries me about Moore’s dramatic entrance into the trans debate is that all she cares about is women. Maybe, just maybe, it’s because people like you told them ‘femininity’ isn’t real and so they felt they could opt out of being ‘female’, too, if only they ditched their baby-making equipment in time. ‘How did we arrive at a situation where there are shocking and rising numbers of teenage girls presenting at specialist clinics with gender dysphoria, while some who have transitioned are now regretful and infertile?’, Moore demands.

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