Thomson Reuters Foundation
We are the corporate foundation of Thomson Reuters, the global news and information services company. As an independent charity, registered in the UK and the USA, we work to advance media freedom, foster more inclusive economies, and promote human rights.
Through news, media development, free legal assistance and convening initiatives, we combine our unique services to drive systemic change.
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
The foundation has correspondents and freelancers in the major cities and developing nations. The editorial team led by Belinda Goldsmith covers human rights, inclusive economies and media freedom, including women's rights, LGBT+ rights, human trafficking and modern slavery, property rights and digital and climate change.[18]
Perception polls
The Foundation has created polls for The World’s Most Dangerous Countries for Women (2011),[19] Best and Worst G20 Countries for Women (2012),[20] Best and Worst Arab League Countries for Women (2013),[21] the Most Dangerous Transport Systems for Women (2014),[22] and the Five Key Issues Facing Women Working in the G20 (2015).[23] In 2018 the foundation released a poll that ranked India as the most dangerous country for women. The report was rejected by India's National Commission for Women[24] and the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies[25] and news media due to poor methodology and lack of transparency.[26]
Trust Conference
Trust Conference, formerly Trust Women, works for law behind human rights and fight modern slavery.[27] Past speakers have included Cherie Blair, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Nobel laureates Kailash Satyarthi and Muhammad Yunus.[28]
As part of the Trust Women Conference's program, Monique Villa announced the launch of the Stop Slavery Award, a new initiative by the Thomson Reuters Foundation[29] to recognise companies supporting the fight against modern slavery in their supply chains. The first Award was conferred in November 2016.[30] Under the program, the Thomson Reuters Foundation worked with the office of the Manhattan District Attorney and major U.S. financial institutions to issue international guidance aimed at helping the wider financial communities to identify and report irregularities in financial transactions linked to human trafficking.[31]
