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ANGELES CITY, Philippines — Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. on Friday, March 24 ordered a stepped-up awareness campaign on human trafficking, following the rescue of three minors from a bar on Fields Avenue. “We believe that awareness is the key here,” Lazatin told Rappler two days after he led a random check on the city’s nightclub…
The JMU Student Government Association (SGA) took a trip to Richmond, Virginia, to advocate for three pertinent categories of student interest with state legislators, including students’ well-being, campus safety and access and affordability during its biannual advocacy trip Feb. 8. Through months of time and effort, senior Grace Smith, SGA’s legislative affairs chair, said SGA…
Published 12:40 am Saturday, March 18, 2023 The City of Port Arthur this week approved the disbursement of more than $1 million to four local organizations working to limit the number of residents experiencing or facing homelessness. James Gilleylen with J-Quad Planning Group said in December his organization submitted an allocation plan to the U.S….
By: State Senator Page Walley Supporting firefighters suffering from PTSD Among many important bills we are advancing in the Senate is a proposal that seeks to reduce stigma and provide support for firefighters following a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis. The measure was unanimously passed in our Commerce and Labor committee. The bill allows firefighters…
KINGSTON, R.I. – March 13, 2023 -In recent weeks, the issue of child labor in the United States – particularly among migrant children – has come under new scrutiny. In mid-February, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a release detailing a $1.5 million penalty paid by Packers Sanitation Services Inc., one of the largest food…
By Nabil Tahir | PUBLISHED March 12, 2023 KARACHI: Everyone in this world wants to live a good life. The meaning of a good life can mean different things to different people – it is subjective and can be influenced by personal values, beliefs, and experiences. But all are in search of a better life than…
Throughout the country, venal and heartless employers are robbing migrant children of their most important quality — their youth. From Minnesota to Florida, from Michigan to Alabama, the United States is trapped in a horrific time warp, with conditions that evoke a Dickensian London where kids were viewed as fodder for the labor market. Spurred…
This piece was jointly submitted with Women’s Peace Network to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons in response to their call for inputs. For decades, as an ethnic minority group, the Rohingya people have faced discrimination, oppression, and persecution in Myanmar. Stripped from their access to property, citizenship, and other basic rights,…
Laotians are worried that a recent string of “wife wanted” ads on social media – offering payments of thousands of dollars per month – will lure young women into human trafficking operations where they will be abused and forced to work like slaves. “Lao wife wanted; good salary: 100 million kip [nearly U.S. $6,000] per…
The recently launched global report on trafficking in persons has revealed that for the first time, the number of victims detected globally decreased by 11 per cent, a reduction that is largely driven by low and medium-low-income countries, writes Ugo Aliogo Recently the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) launched its 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in persons,…
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