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…Nasima says she dreams of becoming a social worker and has taken bold steps to get the Indian state to help survivors of trafficking. Thomson Reuters Foundation reports: As she…

…come mainly from the Philippines, India and Indonesia – often choose to endure abuse, rather than flee and lose a visa, paycheck and place to live. In 2012 Britain introduced…

Each day, some 100,000 people cross the border between Nepal and India, some on on foot, others in trucks or on bikes, mopeds and rickshaws. It has become one of…

The world’s biggest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, attracts a whopping 150 million people each year. Worshippers bathe at the confluence of the Ganges,…

Jaipur is embarking on a campaign to clean up child labor in the tourist-packed city as part of India’s $7.5 billion plan to turn 100 urban areas into Smart Cities…

…India. Even if she feels pain during work, she does not take a break, and in the remote tea plantation, medical care is scarce. Take Action: Ask Tea Brands “Who…

…the Middle East without going through Indian airports, where checks have intensified. Most of the 183 people rescued so far had either flown to India from Nepal or travelled by…

Home-based women and girls working in India’s garment sector are earning as little as 11p (15 cents) an hour to supply clothing for major Western clothing brands according to a…

…it … and once one or two started moving, the others wanted to catch up.” India’s tea industry, the second largest in the world after China’s, employs 3.5 million workers,…

Three former bonded laborers were elected to village councils in the past week, a turn of events described by experts as “a game-changer” for millions in India who are victims…