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Nepal has banned its citizens from taking up jobs in Malaysia, citing a company monopoly as the reason behind the move. Malaysia is one of the top two destinations for Nepalese migrant workers. The government of Nepal says that there are restrictive immigration requirements for its migrant workers, including having to go to one private […]
Over the past few months, Indian courts have surprisingly delivered speedy judgements in several human trafficking cases. This includes sentencing traffickers to life in jail, denying bail to a suspect facing charges, and ordering compensation to be paid to a trafficking victim even though her trial was ongoing. In a country where the vast majority […]
The new 2018 Global Slavery Index reports a significant change in the number of victims of modern slavery in India, dropping sharply to 8 million victims this year. Just two years ago, the reported number was 18 million. The difference of ten million is attributed to a change in survey methodology according to the Walk […]
Photo: Urmila Boola / Credit: UN OHCHR India’s new anti-trafficking bill has significant flaws according to two UN experts who warn that the country must revise the legislation to bring it in line with human rights law. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, and Urmila Boola, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, […]
Britain’s largest department store, John Lewis, has joined a program to provide jobs to hundred of survivors of modern slavery, joining cosmetics company The Body Shop and mobile phone and electrical firm Dixons Carphone. The employment program, “Bright Future”, was launched last year and offers survivors of modern slavery four-week paid work placements that can lead to a […]
The newly released 2018 Global Slavery Index names North Korea and Eritrea as the two nations with the world’s highest rates of modern slavery, emphasizing how conflict and government repression contribute to the crime. Published by the Walk Free Foundation, the Global Slavery Index estimates levels of modern slavery in countries around the world. Related […]
Activists in India are warning that the country’s draft anti-trafficking bill headed to parliament this Monsoon Session could inadvertently criminalize transgender people and sex workers. Activists and sex workers are appealing to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, which drafted the legislation, to explicitly state that consenting adult sex workers should not be criminalized under […]
A nonprofit in Oakland, California is helping female survivors of human trafficking find gainful employment by teaching them valuable skills on coding and cybersecurity. AnnieCannons’ founders say that they started the organization to “break the cycle of trafficking through the power of technology training.” On top of this, by training female trafficking survivors, they hope […]
One survivor of forced marriage in England is speaking out about her ordeal. Growing up Anusha (not her real name) she says she always knew that “In my family, being a woman was all about being somebody else’s property – first you belong to your parents, then your husband. I was an object, expected to […]
Indian authorities say they have busted a baby-trafficking operation run out of out a shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity, a religious sect set up by the late Mother Teresa. Police have taken two people into custody for allegedly selling babies from a shelter for unwed mothers run by Missionaries of Charity in the […]
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