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The crushing burden of debt | The Manila Times
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The crushing burden of debt | The Manila Times

There is one thing above others that humans can never escape and that is the burden of debt. Almost every one, except the millionaires, has a burden of debt. The hugely rich, however, can be in debt, too. Everyone seems to owe someone. There are different kinds of debt such as the “debt of honor”…

With the support of the Pope, they promote the training of transport workers to fight against slavery through campaigns that make complaint channels visible
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With the support of the Pope, they promote the training of transport workers to fight against slavery through campaigns that make complaint channels visible

  Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 2:42 p.m. Pope Francis expressed his support for the efforts to increase prevention, detection and fight campaigns against human trafficking and smuggling, within the framework of the second international meeting of Transport Unions in the Vatican, in which Gustavo Vera, director of the Executive Committee for the Fight against…

How education fights human trafficking | FairPlanet
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How education fights human trafficking | FairPlanet

July 26, 2022 Human trafficking is a profitable, hidden and, at the same time, widespread crime. According to the NGO A21, whose mission is to abolish all kinds of modern slavery, it generates an average of $150 billion in revenue every year at the cost of the freedom and safety of about 40 million people…

IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration
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IOM Director General's Executive Office | International Organization for Migration

The Department of External Relations is responsible for supporting and coordinating the Organization’s relations with its Member States, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. The Department leads and coordinates IOM’s external engagements, including IOM’s support for global and regional consultative processes. The Department coordinates the Organization’s participation in multilateral mechanisms, conferences and processes and follow-up to…

LGBTQ+ Human Trafficking Survivor Stories
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LGBTQ+ Human Trafficking Survivor Stories

Author MARY NIKKEL  LGBTQ+ young people are at high risk of human trafficking, in the United States and globally. Polaris identifies LGBTQ+ individuals as being the second most at-risk group, alongside people of color.  That heightened vulnerability is in part because kids in the LGBTQ+ community are more likely to experience homelessness, with 40% of…

Preventing the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (GARA)
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Preventing the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (GARA)

The Regional Action Group of the Americas for the prevention of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism (GARA) launched an Action Protocol Model for Tour Guides.    The tourism sector plays a fundamental role in the prevention of sexual exploitation of children and Tour Guides can be key allies. However, Tour Guides and those…

Japan only G-7 member to not impose sanctions on China for forced labor
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Japan only G-7 member to not impose sanctions on China for forced labor

In October 2021, the trade ministers of the G-7 countries, the world’s richest nations, issued a joint statement pledging to eradicate forced labor in global supply chains. The ministers stated, “We affirm that there is no place for forced labor in the rules-based multilateral trading system.” The declaration recognizes the important role that trade policy…

Securing evidence: The key to convicting human traffickers
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Securing evidence: The key to convicting human traffickers

The plastic bracelets the women wore in a bar in Argentina indicated the number of men they had been forced to have sex with. In Thailand, men and children from Myanmar were exploited in the fishing industry: an electric shock device was used if they refused to work. And a Chinese symbol for “slave” was…

The impact of COVID-19 on human rights
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The impact of COVID-19 on human rights

I want to focus on how COVID-19 has changed the structural environment in Latin America and what this means for human rights. Also, what it means for crime and anti-crime policies and consequently on human rights issues. Let me first start with those structural changes. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect so far…