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Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation in India face significant hurdles in accessing the support they need to rebuild their lives. A lack of access to economic opportunities that would…

Free Child – India, By Lisa Kristine Slaveholders burned down the homes of these villagers when they declared their freedom. Many villagers wanted to give up. Grassroots activists helped the…

Free Child – India, By Lisa Kristine Slaveholders burned down the homes of these villagers when they declared their freedom. Many villagers wanted to give up. Grassroots activists helped the…

…were taken on a 33-hour journey to Kashmir, the northernmost Indian region. There, they were sold to expecting “husbands”, some for as little as $35. Unable to return home In…

…India. Hospital authorities have denied allegations and claimed to be one of India’s “most ethical” healthcare providers. Dr. Sanjay Nagral, Co-Chair of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group which combats…

…from countries including Nepal, India and Bangladesh, reports of forced labor, and unexplained deaths. Passing reforms in preparation for the World Cup Under the world’s gaze in preparation for hosting…

…Burundi, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, India and Kenya. As had Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Yemen and Zambia….

Earlier this year, India’s Supreme Court officially defined sex work as a profession, calling for an end to police violence against sex workers, and for greater labor protections. This ruling…

…Fremont, Calif. was paying its L-1 workers from India just $1.21 an hour to install their computer and network systems. Many were working over 100 hours per week. If migrants…

…Constructions of Labour Relations in Colonial India 1814–1926”. In Workers in the Informal Sector: Studies in Labour History 1800–2000, edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Jan Lucassen, 1–33. New Delhi: Macmillan….