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Women in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad are being lured to work in the Middle East through promises of good jobs. Yet once they touch down they find that they’ve been sold into domestic slavery. Hyderabad’s slums are the epicenter for agents, primarily men, who attempt to recruit vulnerable women living in poverty. These […]
In September 2017, Indian police in Hyderabad uncovered a massive bride trafficking ring after a mother reported her 16-year old daughter had been ‘sold’ by her husband his his family to a 77-year-old Omani man for Rs 5 lakh. The case led to the discovery of several other forced marriages and ultimately the arrest of 20 accused, […]
A new report from Amnesty International criticizes Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, for continuing to exploit migrant workers despite promises to reform. In particular, Amnesty points to a contradiction in the widely reported reforms to the kafala system, the notorious system that binds workers to a single employer — including abusive ones. […]
H&M stands accused of not living up to a pledge to pay garment workers a living wage, forcing factory employees to work excessive hours in order to survive. The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), an alliance of labor unions and NGOs, interviewed 62 workers in six H&M supplier factories in Bulgaria, Turkey, India, and Cambodia. They discovered […]
The United States Department of Labor has dropped cotton from Uzbekistan from its list of foreign goods produced using child labor. However, the Central Asian nation is still on the US list of countries where cotton is harvested using forced labor. Take Action: Suspend loans tainted by Uzbek forced labor. The list was updated by […]
Grain banks are opening their doors to more than 5,000 homes across northern India in a move to prevent families from falling into debt bondage. During the monsoon season, when farming and construction work is scarce, many families take out loans to buy food. “Hunger risk is a big reason for people getting trapped in […]
An 18-year-old teen from West Bengal made headlines two years ago when she resisted a forced marriage has been forced to drop out of college after the state failed to pay her welfare. Under the Kanyashree Scheme, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s project for the welfare of girls, Astami Roy was supposed to receive Rs 25,000 from […]
While the world’s largest economies have ramped up foreign aid to combat modern slavery, funding has been erratic at the country level and deeply politicized, leaving many concerned about its effectiveness. New research from the United Nations University revealed that annual anti-trafficking aid funding from OECD countries at least tripled to $434 million from 2000 to […]
Thirty-eight-year-old Raghu Malleshappa Ballary is a college graduate who, along with 14 other men, was trapped in bonded labor on a ginger farm in India. The men, whose ages range from 28 to 60, were forced to work on the farm for no money and very basic meals. Raghu says he was lured into the job while […]
The UK government’s Forced Marriage Unit received reports of nearly 1,200 suspected cases of forced marriage last year. Alarmingly, one-fourth involved children. It may be a relatively hidden issue, but a new, groundbreaking play is hoping to shine a light on the crime. Related Campaign: Take a stand against forced child marriage. Beyond Shame, which […]
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