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Climate change refers to long-term changes in the Earth’s climate, including changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea levels. Climate change is believed to be caused largely by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, and is having a range of impacts on the environment and human societies.
Write off foreign debt of poor nations and in return cancel climate debt owed by rich nations to the poor The Church’s social teachings need to be practiced, according to Pope Francis. “The price of unbearable sacrifices” is the debt of human suffering imposed on the poor and exploited caused by international debt, he said….
30 August 2022 In our latest blog, Yaeno Fernandez Amano, Fellow at Anti-Slavery International, explores the latest polling results regarding modern slavery and supply chains. A new YouGov poll conducted by Anti-Slavery International and the Corporate Justice Coalition shows strong public support for new laws which would require companies to take meaningful steps towards stamping…
Sex trafficking is the most common form of modern slavery on Guam and the region, according to experts during a webinar on human trafficking held Wednesday. “Fundamentally human trafficking is a conduit or mechanism by which people are taken into slavery,” said Kevin Bales, representing The Rights Lab at University of Nottingham. He said modern…
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”…
OTTAWA — A global food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine is leading to more underage girls being forced into marriage, Canadian aid agencies warn. Plan International Canada said there has been an alarming rise in the number of teenage girls in developing countries who are being forced into marriage because their families cannot…
A portion of the cover from the 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report, which was released in July. Illustration courtesy of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons By Sarah Evans and Sylvia Amegashie On July 19, Secretary of State Antony Blinken released the 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which includes narratives and…
Human trafficking is a horrific crime and “an all-out assault on people’s rights, safety and dignity,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, the eve of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
In May, the European Union conducted a “hackathon” where they reviewed various online platforms to look for signs of trafficking. After combing through dating sites, housing and job sites, and advertisements claiming to help Ukrainian refugees, law enforcement ended up finding leads to several potential traffickers and victims. Similarly, a Facebook group designed to connect refugees with housing in…
A recent report has shed new light on how temporary work visa programs providing migrant laborers with employment in the United States are ripe for abuse, often leading to forced labor and other forms of human trafficking. Between January 2018 and December 2020, the Polaris Project’s National Human Trafficking Hotline identified almost 16,000 labor trafficking…
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