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Nearly two years ago, Robert Kraft made national media headlines. The owner of the New England Patriots had apparently been linked to a massive, multimillion-dollar sex trafficking ring spanning from Florida to New York, where authorities claimed immigrant Chinese women working in massage parlors were trafficked, brought to the United States under false promises of […]
The first global alliance of survivors-turned-advocates have this week demanded countries enable survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking to play a leading role in programs and policies tackling the spectrum of crimes that fall under the modern slavery umbrella term. The 21-member International Survivors of Trafficking Advisory Council, set up by the human rights […]
Under India’s ancient social hierarchy system, Dalits – who are considered to be at the bottom of the caste system – continue to work for little or no pay in the homes of upper-caste families in Karnataka state under a custom called “bitti chakri”. Bitti chakri is a form of customary bonded labor performed exclusively […]
Women and girls across the United States are being forced into marriages — a problem exacerbated by gaps in state laws and the lack of social protections in some communities. Fraidy Reiss, now a 45-year-old mother of two and founder of Unchained at Last, recalled how she entered an arranged marriage at 19 to a […]
A BBC investigation this week uncovered claims of exploitation made by Indian factory workers that supply British supermarket chains Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Marks and Spencer, as well as fashion brand Ralph Lauren. Women working at these factories report that they are made to work continuously, often through the night, and are not afforded time to […]
Do you think India should give sex workers rights and aid, or just aid? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! “I need work, not aid.” – Mumtaz, sex worker living in Mumbai. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced sex workers’ income, leaving some unable to provide for themselves and their families. In the wake […]
This article was originally published in Thomson Reuters Foundation. Forced organ harvesting and organ trafficking are interlinked crimes not often associated with the UK. Yet medicines manufactured with human tissue from forced organ harvesting victims could be imported into the National Health Service due to the absence of consent and comprehensive traceability regulations. Victims of […]
Migrant workers on World Cup sites in Qatar continue to face systematic exploitation, a new report has found. The report from Human Rights Watch, which was released earlier this week, found that migrants working on preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup remain subject to widespread wage abuse, despite the Qatari government’s commitment to change. […]
Child labor is surging in India as a result of the school closures enforced to prevent the spread of COVID-19. India’s rates of child labor were already among the highest in the world prior to the pandemic: an estimated 56 million children were out of school in 2018, with 10.1 million working either as a […]
A new report has found that anti-trafficking organizations around the world are struggling to support survivors during the pandemic, leaving many survivors in desperate conditions. The report, a joint initiative by U.N. Women and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE ODIHR), confirms widely held fears […]
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