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Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual or group lacks the resources, income, or access to opportunities to meet their basic needs, such as food, shelter, and healthcare. Poverty can be measured in various ways, including absolute poverty, which is defined as the lack of access to the minimum resources necessary to meet basic needs, and relative poverty, which is defined as the inability to participate fully in the economic and social life of a society due to a lack of resources compared to others in the same society. Poverty is a global issue that affects millions of people around the world, and it is often linked to other social and economic issues, such as inequality, unemployment, and poor health.
Woodburn City Council receives an accelerated lesson on human trafficking, illicit massage venues Woodburn City Council was presented with some eye-opening data last month when two women who work with victims of sexual and domestic abuse gave an abridged presentation about the realities surrounding the people they help. One of the most staggering statistics involved…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 3, 2022– The Senior Policy Operating Group, part of a U.S. cabinet-level entity through The President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, estimates there are nearly 25 million adults and children around the world who are victims of human trafficking, a form of modern-day slavery that includes…
Startling reports from the Washington Post, NBC News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICRJ) last week paint a sordid picture of the reality of human trafficking carried out by some U.S. government contractors on American military bases abroad. Confiscated passports, false promises of a job, restriction of movement, horrible working conditions — a confluence of factors that points…
This is, John Sweeney explains in his introduction, a fairytale told in reverse. The princess Ghislaine Maxwell starts out in a palace and ends up in prison. There are two ogres in the narrative — Ghislaine’s father, Robert Maxwell, a sadistic fraudster, and her former lover Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted paedophile. “She lost everything when…
“Children belong in schools not workplaces,” says a report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Child labour deprives children of their right to go to school and reinforces intergenerational cycles of poverty. Child labour acts as a major barrier to education, affecting both attendance and performance in school.” These impactful words matter, especially for…
SOUTHERN African Development Community (Sadc) legislators say child marriages are a serious violation of human rights and must be outlawed. This came out during discussions on the Sadc model law on eradicating child marriages, currently on-going in Harare. Members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Women’s Affairs are taking part in the discussions aimed at…
How are poverty and gender–biased child protection laws placing boys in India at risk of sexual exploitation? INDIA—In collaboration with STOP India, ECPAT International is proud to announce the release of the latest report from the Global Boys Initiative: India Report. This is the ninth in a series of ten country reports that explores the…
A Hickory man is said to be at the center of an international sex trafficking ring, according to federal agents. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Investigators say a Hickory man is at the center of an international sex trafficking ring that stretches from the Charlotte airport to the Philippines and involves dozens of underage victims. The case…
In-depth: In Syria, displaced families are live streaming on TikTok begging viewers to give them ‘virtual gifts’, but a recent investigation by the BBC found that the social media platform is reaping the profits. ‘Please like, please share, please gift’ is one of the most common phrases used by Syrian children and their parents on…
WASHINGTON – The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation (AHLA Foundation) today announced a $500,000 donation from Hilton Global Foundation to support the No Room for Trafficking (NRFT) Survivor Fund as part of the hotel industry’s united efforts to eradicate human trafficking. The NRFT Survivor Fund will equip community-based organizations with the resources they need to engage and…
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