Search Results for: india

…globe, the lockdown is a necessary precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which has thus far infected a confirmed 9,000 people in India and killed 300. But for India’s…

In an opinion piece last week for Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dalit rights activist Ritwajit Das and slavery expert Aidan McQuade warned that the coronavirus pandemic poses great risks to India’s…

…between 2017 and 2019. A report by the India Child Protection Fund (ICPF), meanwhile, found a sharp rise in demand for child abuse videos on pornography sites in India—particularly during…

…in Hindi) and started fighting to change India’s law to better protect sex trafficking survivors, persevering despite meeting resistance. Today, Trishna co-leads ILFAT (Indian Leaders Forum Against Trafficking), a coalition…

…in India, where the lockdown enforced to fight the spread of COVID-19 suddenly left hundreds of thousands of informal workers without income and livelihoods. Experts predict that as workplaces rush…

…neighboring India. The mountainous border between the two nations has long been a global hotspot for human trafficking but the situation has become critical in the years following the devastating…

…reported on Wednesday. The India Leaders Forum Against Trafficking (ILFAT), which brings together 11 different local survivor groups, used online crowdfunding this month to raise over half a million Indian…

…soon,” said one 32-year-old surveyor who received four months of salary on February 13. “I was supposed to go to India for the delivery. Instead, I had no money to…

…as necessary in a country as populous, diverse, and under-resourced as India. The case raises important questions about the role of technology in eliminating human trafficking. While the Indian government’s…

…anti-slavery campaigns across India in a bid to increase awareness, particularly among young people. Join us in taking a stand against human trafficking in India by signing our petition below….