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It has been 23 years since the federal government first passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Since then, the global anti-trafficking community has learned much about who is vulnerable to exploitation, traffickers’ business models, what drives the demand and how the problem is evolving in the digital age. While we have moved past many harmful…
The first time Anneke Lucas heard about legislation designed to rescue human trafficking victims in hotels, she couldn’t help but think about how something like that could have helped her as a child. “If I had seen the definition that said I was not a prostitute, that would have made a difference for me,” Lucas…
•Lawan, Gbajabiamila, Opiah, ex-VCs seek reform, more funding for education sector •Obaseki links rising youth unemployment to nation’s faulty educational system Udora Orizu and Juliet Akoje in Abuja Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday warned that if Nigeria does not address the 20 million out-of-school children which constitutes about 10 per cent of her population, the…
As the European Union develops new rules to hold companies accountable for social and environmental harms, such as deforestation and child and forced labor, the spotlight is on the chocolate industry. Cocoa production is notorious for causing adverse impacts on farming communities and the land. Companies and governments claim to be working to make cocoa more…
New online tool highlights ethical products for Kiwi shoppers. New Zealanders are being urged to use new breakthrough technology to buy products that are ethically sourced to reduce exploitation. The call has come from ethical shopping activist Dr Susan Maiava who says the 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery Report shows the number of people…
The global discourse resolutely insists on ending child labour which is often associated with slavery, forced labour, sexual exploitation and any work damaging the health and well-being of children. This is done by invoking a moral terminology which argues that low labour standards in ‘errant’ countries of the Global South are unacceptable, unfair and illegitimate…
While it may seem incomprehensible today, some 40 million people worldwide fall under a modern definition of slavery. Chattel slavery, where one person owns another person, is illegal worldwide, but modern slavery includes such practices as forced labor, debt bondage, human trafficking, and forced marriage. Nearly 62% (24.9 million) of people living in modern slavery…
Vienna (Austria) 7 June 2021 A web application that can support police investigations into human trafficking rings has taken the top prize at the recent “DataJam Against Exploitation” competition. The team behind the winning entry, ‘Buyer Resist’, consists of five young professionals from British Columbia, Canada who were among 75 participants of 16 different nationalities…
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