Last month, on February 1, 2018, Brazil became the 25th country in the world to ratify ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Work. But what [...]
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Indonesia Wants to Eradicate Child Labor by 2022. Can it?
Last October, Putri and Surna went to the fireworks factory they worked at every day in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta. But this [...]
Abused Ethiopian Domestic Worker is “Poster Girl for Kafala” in Lebanon
Lensa Lelisa made headlines earlier this year in Lebanon when she tried to escape her abusive employer. The 21-year-old Ethiopian [...]
Traceability Tech’s Impact on Local Filipino Fishers
Jason Albasi first heard on TV that he’d need to install an electronic monitoring device on his boat. Albasi, a small-scale local [...]
Forced labor widespread for Black Africans in Tunisia
Black African migrants in Tunisia face widespread exploitation frequently crossing into modern slavery. Though historically a country [...]
Survivors victorious in Ecuador’s first case on modern slavery in agriculture
In what is being hailed as a legal milestone, an Ecuadorean court last month ruled that workers from an abaca plantation belonging to [...]
The Horror of Modern-Day Slavery in India’s Brick Kilns
Brick kiln workers in India face horrors. For his sister’s wedding, Brijesh Yadav borrowed US$300 from a contractor. It was start of a [...]
Many Indonesian Domestic Workers Forced to Work
An Equal Times article tells of Bu Tayem, a former domestic worker in Qatar. “I had only been at my employer’s house for a week and [...]
Modern Slavery in the Land of the Maya
In Sayaxché municipality in northern Guatemala, residents are holding out as the last frontier of resistance to the advance of palm oil [...]