Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. Education can take place in formal or informal settings, and can be provided by schools, universities, or other institutions. The purpose of education is to help individuals develop their full potential and to prepare them for responsible citizenship and productive careers. Education can also play a role in promoting social and cultural understanding, and in contributing to the overall development of society. Different countries and cultures have their own approaches to education, and the quality and accessibility of education can vary greatly.

 

 

More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude – Truthout
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More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude – Truthout

  Bosses in industries such as retail, health care and logistics are reverting to an old tactic and trapping people in miserable jobs by threatening to saddle them with debt if they quit. Workers across the United States in fields ranging from nursing to trucking have been discouraged from leaving jobs they hate or can’t…

Xi teams rescue 152 minors from child marriage IV News – irshi Videos
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Xi teams rescue 152 minors from child marriage IV News – irshi Videos

Hyderabad: Rachakonda SHE teams registered 82 cases against eve molestation in the last ten weeks and arrested 106 respondents for it as well as rescued 152 minors from child marriage. According to a press release issued by the police on Saturday, professional counselors of the Bhumika Mahila Collective conducted counseling sessions for the molesters and…

CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor
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CNN op-ed: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor

Editor’s note: there are multiple videos on the original post’s page here. Terry FitzPatrick is director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a coalition of US-based organizations working to prevent and combat forced labor and human trafficking in more than 100 countries. He is writing in his personal capacity as an expert with…

Jubilee Havens holds ‘Stop the Traffic’ color walk-run to raise awareness of human trafficking
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Jubilee Havens holds ‘Stop the Traffic’ color walk-run to raise awareness of human trafficking

September 19, 2022 Many gathered in D’Iberville’s Town Green to participate in Jubilee Havens ‘Stop the Traffic’ Color Walk. Jubilee Havens is a group on a mission to provide safe havens for victims of human trafficking. The walk gave people a chance to support a great cause while having fun and getting some great exercise….

Former Assembly Speaker lays out vision for his new role as Nevada's U.S. attorney
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Former Assembly Speaker lays out vision for his new role as Nevada's U.S. attorney

After more than a decade in state politics and an even longer career in the courtroom, Jason Frierson has a new boss: the federal government. “I’ve always been in some type of advocacy position,” Frierson, the newest U.S. attorney for the District of Nevada, said. “This is the first position within my legal practice where…

Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory
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Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory

(Trigger warning: The story describes incidents of abuse.) In 2013, Pallabi Ghosh received a phone call that a young girl was confined in a house in a posh colony in New Delhi and tortured. Pallabi, who was a part of anti-trafficking NGO Shakti Vahini at that time, ignored the call at first because she had…

Experiential education through a simulated summit to combat human trafficking
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Experiential education through a simulated summit to combat human trafficking

How can we offer experiential education to students during online and hybrid teaching? As professors and higher education institutions aim to increase student engagement and participation, it is important to identify creative ways of assisting students in improving their research and public-speaking skills, teamwork and sense of community. For students on my online course in…

6 Idaho victims helped during human trafficking operation
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6 Idaho victims helped during human trafficking operation

BOISE, Idaho — Hope. It is one word that can be very powerful. That is what one operation provided to 6 Idaho women who were victims of human trafficking. Treasure Valley Human Trafficking Taskforce is made up of multiple law enforcement agencies and community partners coming together; their goal is to combat human trafficking in…

Education Ministry outlines digital transformation plan – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Education Ministry outlines digital transformation plan – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

News | Narissa Fraser  THE Ministry of Education has outlined its digital transformation plan for the period 2022-2027. In a press release on Friday, it said the Cabinet-approved programme “builds on the ministry’s ICT (Information and communications technology) in education policy of 2018. It consists of 13 digital projects: E-testing, an e-book Platform, a literacy…

Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost
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Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost

By IHECHINYERE CHIGEMERI-UWOM UMUAHIA- A university lecturer, Ms Akachi Nworgu-Okonji, has called for a more punitive legislative sanctions for violence and discrimination against women in the country. She said that the current provision of two years imprisonment or option of half-a-million naira fine was grossly inadequate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nworgu-Okonji…