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Risk Of Forced Labor Is Widespread In US Food Supply
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Risk Of Forced Labor Is Widespread In US Food Supply

Eliminating forced labor is a vital starting point for creating a just and sustainable food supply, but most of us don’t know much about the labor conditions involved in producing our food. It’s possible that the people who picked and processed some of the items on our dinner table worked in conditions that involved force, fraud, coercion,…

We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online
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We’re Closer to Protecting Kids from Sexual Abuse Online

Children need companies to design platforms for safety as effectively as they innovate for profit. Kids need governments to regulate the internet the way they regulate physical spaces—with protection and accountability as priority. And civil society organizations must play their role too, sharing promising models and practices while amplifying survivor leaders globally. These imperatives are…

Shared measurement in anti-trafficking coalitions
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Shared measurement in anti-trafficking coalitions

Guest blog by Dr. Emily Wyman, Rights Lab; Patrick Munduga, ANCHOR; Esther Weir, Rights Lab The anti-trafficking sector is facing a crisis in shared measurement. The largest repository of anti-trafficking project and program evaluations highlights that low numbers of evaluations are being generated and shared publicly. Alongside this, there is a startling lack of standardization in…

Identifying human trafficking on Guam discussed at human rights conference | News
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Identifying human trafficking on Guam discussed at human rights conference | News

Although human trafficking on Guam can involve people who are brought here to work in the sex trade or to serve as laborers, it can also involve Guam residents pressed into modern slavery. A victim advocacy panel is introduced during the Guam Human Rights Initiative’s “Human Rights Conference Series: Human Trafficking on Guam and in…

Experts: Sex trafficking most common form of modern slavery on Guam
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Experts: Sex trafficking most common form of modern slavery on Guam

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…

How traffickers are using U.K. universities
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How traffickers are using U.K. universities

The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) is a U.K. body whose role is to protect vulnerable and exploited workers. Through information it receives from inspections, the public, the industry, […]

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Leicester garment workers inform action plan to improve their lives
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Leicester garment workers inform action plan to improve their lives

This article is reprinted from its original location at Hope for Justice‘s website. It was pulled from their RSS feed for your education. Visit Hope for Justice’s news page by clicking here. A study into the lives and working conditions of Leicester garment workers has identified nine key areas that the sector can improve upon….

Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking & Slavery (ACTS) Project
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Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking & Slavery (ACTS) Project

Terms of Reference: Request for Proposals for Endline Evaluation of the Addressing Child Trafficking &…

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