In 2015, the world promised to end child labor by 2025. That deadline has passed. Nearly 138 million children are still in child labor, and 50 million people live in forced labor or forced marriage on any given day. Numbers this large are hard to hold in the mind. One face is not. So [...]
The Giving List Women is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working to "apply the lens of women and girls to every form of investment." And each year, they organize a powerful summit that brings together donors, nonprofit leaders, women entrepreneurs, foundations, cultural leaders, and changemakers from across every sector to explore how to build [...]
From a distance, it looked like a mountain rising through the brown haze of northern India — until I was told it was a landfill. As we drove closer, it became obvious that what I mistook for solid rock was trash, compacted, sunbaked, and piled dozens of stories high. Near the summit, I could [...]
For the World Economic Forum 2026, the Human Thread Foundation was once again present in Davos, Switzerland, to shine a light on the underreported crimes of modern slavery, and advocate for more compassion in the world - an approach must needed if we want to acknowledge the dignity of all human beings around the [...]
Together with our Board Member, Ann Ewasechko, who leads HPE's modern slavery awareness activities, Lisa Kristine addressed the company's Board regarding forced labor and the technology supply chain, her photography work, and how there’s a person behind every data point. Companies are not doing enough to eliminate modern slavery from their supply chains. Neither [...]
The Human Thread Foundation was represented alongside eLiberare, the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York, Equality Now, and Atlas Free at the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the appraisal of the Global Plan of Action to Combat [...]
Confronting Modern Slavery: HTF in Romania for EU Anti-Trafficking Day On October 13th and 14th, 2025, Human Thread Foundation Founder Lisa Kristine was in Romania as the guest of eLiberare, an inspiring social movement combating human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Lisa addressed a parliamentary session, took part in a cross-sector roundtable, and opened a [...]
We see her images. We hear her voice. Now we can read her writing too. Lisa Kristine, Founder of the Human Thread Foundation, launched a weekly column on Substack, Shine a Light. She shares insights into her travels to make photographs of enslaved people all around the world, sheds light on industries where one would [...]
Lisa was invited by host Justin Dillon of The Responsible Supply Chain Show to talk about this journey for a podcast titled: “How the Power of Storytelling is Reshaping Supply Chains.” The popular podcast, where people discuss ethics, sustainability, and transparency in global commerce, reaches an influential audience of an estimated 1 million supply [...]
Bearing Witness at the United Nations: Our Founder’s Photography Illuminates the Global Call to End Modern Slavery A Historic Launch at the United Nations This week marked a powerful milestone in the global movement to end modern slavery and human trafficking. At the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Global Commission on Modern [...]
