Sub-Saharan Africa with a population of nearly one billion, struggles with poverty, which in turn leads to more and more child [...]
Source: Voice of America
New York Finds Ex-Chinese Construction Exec Guilty of Forced Labor
A federal court in Brooklyn has delivered a guilty verdict in the case of a former Chinese construction executive charged with forced [...]
Brazilian Efforts to Reduce Slavery
There are Brazilian efforts to reduce slavery on coffee plantations, but the poor are still lured onto the farms with promises of good [...]
Malawi Struggles to Support Survivors of Child Trafficking
Despite legislation designed to tackle the problem, Malawi is struggling to fight child trafficking and support survivors. In [...]
Afghanistan’s Child Labor
Afghanistan's child labor is occurring in the midst of war. Families are taking their children out of school to work in order to make [...]
Cambodia launches campaign to end child labor in brick industry
The Cambodian government has launched an ambitious plan to end dangerous child labor in the country’s brick industry by 2020. [...]
Sex Trafficking Increases in Southeast Asia
Sex trafficking increases in Southeast Asia as more Vietnamese women are trafficked into China...
Malaysian glove makers facing charges of housing workers in conditions of modern slavery
The Malaysian government has announced it is bringing charges against one of the country’s largest rubber glove producers after labor [...]
Organ Harvesting–Large Scale in China
Organ harvesting is large scale in China. Organs from prisoners are harvested and many come from prisoners. Prisoners, including [...]
Network of baby traffickers arrested in Cameroon
Cameroon police have opened an investigation into a network of baby traffickers who allegedly bought babies with the intention of [...]
Progress Slow Against Trafficking in Africa
Progress slow in Africa. The U.S. State Department's Trafficking in Persons report said that Africa's progress against human [...]
10 years since the Domestic Workers Convention – what’s changed?
Ten years have passed since the adoption of the International Labour Organization’s Convention on Domestic Workers (C189), but new [...]