Helen Burrows
@HelenBurrows12
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Bringing down slavery with tech + biz + human rights l UK Top 100 Slavery Influencer l Journal of Modern Slavery Advisory Board l lawyer l writer
Malta
Joined January 2017
Get in quick!
Submissions deadline extended!! Submissions due 31 August 2023 @davistina @zoetrodd @kevin_bales @the_mcquade @Marcel_HT @ProfessorBlitz @HelenBurrows12 @sarahejewell @smiragina @Chloe_Set @DebbieAriyo @vimal_msw @sophieotiende @HRMcCabe @monicaraileybay
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We're looking for 2 Project Coordinators to work with us at the Federal Court in Brisbane to deliver our Pacific Judicial Integrity Program. Interested?
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We're looking for 2 Project Coordinators to work with us at the Federal Court in Brisbane to deliver our Pacific Judicial Integrity Program. Interested?
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#worldbankgroup calling experienced prosecutors to mentor colleagues in Malta. Interested? Know anyone?
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We at @Mattereum are laying the foundations for slavery-free trade on the @Ethereum blockchain. For gold bars, we have CO2 offsets baked into our NFTs https://t.co/xr5fNmXfR3 The modern slavery proofs will be very similar: bonds guaranteeing that goods were produced slavery-free
On the latest 🎙️ Future of Stuff podcast 🎙️ with human rights lawyer and activist @HelenBurrows12, we explore the topic of combatting modern slavery with tech and social action. Full ep & transcript here: https://t.co/Bz2ffQ54xp
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What if we could be warned of slavery and labor abuses in product supply chains before we buy things? On the latest 🎙️ FOS 🎙️, @GBHarlequin and @HelenBurrows12 discuss the idea of automated morality. Full episode & transcript here: https://t.co/Bz2ffQ54xp
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On the latest 🎙️ Future of Stuff podcast 🎙️ with human rights lawyer and activist @HelenBurrows12, we explore the topic of combatting modern slavery with tech and social action. Full ep & transcript here: https://t.co/Bz2ffQ54xp
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And we are not kidding around: we've got the *team* to actually start taking on real world problems like modern slavery *and winning* https://t.co/rKdTpFQdXy (our MD) https://t.co/2P5ZEVU7iw (my old job) https://t.co/z5sr5bM75Q We intend to fight for the real world, and win.
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Human rights lawyer and modern slavery expert Helen Burrows has joined Mattereum as a consultant, tracing the human and environmental impact of global consumables. Helen brings 20 years’ experience...
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Looking forward to speaking at this conf about the use of blockchain/AI for the benefit of people & the planet. If you're in town, join us.
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I realized today in a new way that most of the shrieking in civilization is done to prevent people following thoughts to their conclusion. i.e. left or right, rich or poor, your lifestyle still depends on the exploitation of Chinese factory workers. We are all complicit in this.
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"In some areas of China, you can tell which colors are fashionable in New York and Paris by the color of the rivers"
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Researchers at Cornell University are using nanotechnology to clean up after our jeans.
@leashless high fashion designers come up with ridiculously overpriced ideas, and the only slightly less ridiculously priced copies get churned out by sweatshops for retail use. the materials and labor are worth literal pennies. it's a morally bankrupt racket.
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For most of human history humans were radically egalitarian. Inequality is unnatural to us, and it hurts us. https://t.co/QDfqvqn2QJ
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I've been reading UltraSociety, by Peter Turchin. Turchin's a biologist who turned to mathematical models of human society, and he's done interesting work, not all of which I agree with (or agree is...
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@leashless would you be so kind as to retweet this, pleazzze?
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What's the latest on impactful/promising #blockchain for #socialimpact innovations? Looking for sustainable stuff that does/will actually make a difference to people & the planet. Thanks
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I had forgotten about this piece. It might be the most complete fundamental article I ever wrote on why humanity is about to be in for a world of hurt. https://t.co/8s41vCRwLW
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The damage done by financial crime is greater than we think. Hear from @RanisVoice as she reveals the true human cost associated with financial crimes. #WEF19 #FightFinancialCrime #Davos2019
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A new year and new ways to eradicate slavery ...
Join us in Feb at the UN for the 2-day launch of a new antislavery initiative: Code 8.7, using computational science, AI and machine learning to tackle modern slavery. Hosted by @Delta87org with global partners inc the Rights Lab. Register for free here: https://t.co/NDaMI3jh5y
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Amen to that @julie!
Happy New Year and thank you to all of those feminists and allies for refusing to be cowed by the bullies, and for sticking to our principles. Capitulation is for those forced into subservience. Women United will never be defeated. Onwards and upwards in 2019 X
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97% of the world's climate scientists say Climate Change is real, dangerous and we can do something useful about it. You have to be incredibly arrogant to say it's OK to ignore it. Or are you so confident that the science is wrong that you would bet your kids' future on it?
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