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When law enforcement showed up at a support group for migrant domestic workers in Britain, Marissa Begonia knew something was wrong. Begonia, the head of charity The Voice of Domestic Workers (VODW), says that the authorities asked about one of her members and to see a list of attendees at the event. She refused to […]
Australia is cracking down on labor brokers who exploit foreign workers, but a senior official for the country’s border force says this should not deter victims of modern slavery from seeking help from the authorities. The Australian Border Force (ABF) launched Operation Battenrun in December to target exploitation of migrant workers. Raids from the operation […]
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 busiest human trafficking routes in the world. Amid the hustle, there are women on the lookout at one of 23 border checkpoints — survivors 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, the Yamuna, and a mythical third river, the Saraswati, from Jan. 15 to March 31. But in the mayhem and massive crowds, many children go missing, […]
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 by 2020. While the Smart Cities project is primarily aimed at improving internet service and transportation services, in Jaipur this has also meant local officials have […]
Rama is six months pregnant and worried about giving birth to her child. She’s just 22, earning a living by picking tea leaves on a plantation in Assam in northeast 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 […]
More than 180 Nepali men and women have been rescued by Indian police along the border with Myanmar. Authorities believe they were trafficked for forced labor. Police made four arrests of Nepali men in Imphal, the main city in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. Act Now: Help Stop Forced Labor “We got specific inputs […]
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 new study out of the University of California. The report is the most comprehensive study of home-based garment workers in the country. They often apply […]
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 of labor trafficking and debt bondage. Kudumula Devamma, 40, spent twenty years fishing in repayment of loans received by her father-in-law and husband. She was […]
Unilever, the company behind Britain’s largest tea brands, including PG Tips, revealed its list of suppliers in a move to become more transparent about their supply chain. It now becomes the latest tea company to disclose information about which tea plantations they source from, following in the footsteps of Yorkshire Tea, Twinings, Tetley, Clipper, and Ringtons. […]
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