Let’s give hope to all human trafficking victims!!
The second annual World Day against Trafficking in Persons is being marked on 30 July 2015. Read More
What will it take to get social media companies to protect children?
Controversial sites ask.fm and Yik Yak are trying to improve child protection, but many social media companies are accused of not taking online safety seriously, writes TheGuardian in its review about children protection in Social Media. Read More
Fifa and FA must do more to stop young people falling victim to fake agents
Football bodies and government need to tackle illegal recruitment practices to protect young people and the reputation of the sport
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Ivory Coast frees 48 child slaves, arrests traffickers
Dakar – Police in Ivory Coast freed 48 child slaves in raids on plantations in the country’s Western cocoa belt and arrested 22 people accused of trafficking or exploiting children, Interpol said on Monday. Read More
Over 500 Nepalese children sold into cheap labour and sex slavery in India after country’s devastating earthquake
The human traffickers have returned to the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh, writes PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA for DailyMail.
These criminals have once again become active after the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, and are trafficking unsuspecting Nepalese minors by promising them jobs in India. Read More
Young children being used for street crime, warns anti-slavery commissioner
Young children are being tasked with pickpocketing, shoplifting and begging on Britain’s streets in scenarios like those in Oliver Twist, the anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Read More
Hien’s story: A child trafficked from Vietnam into forced labour in the UK
June is a very special time, because it is the time of a feast of different dates dedicated to children and problems of their right’s protection. The 1st and the 12th of June are dedicated to children’s protection (International Day for Protection of Children) and combating against child labour (World Day against Child Labour). Specialists say, that today over 3,000 children enslaved in Britain after being trafficked from Vietnam. Read More
Informally employed Syrian refugees, working under harsh conditions, further strain Jordanian labour market
The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighboring Jordan has increased unemployment in areas in which they are highly concentrated, and further strained the host country’s infrastructure, resources and public services. Read More
Making the invisible visible – UN expert’s call
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, called on the Armenian Government to devote more attention to the issue of violence against. Read More
New app for women’s safety launched in India
In a first of its kind women-friendly initiative, a mobile phone safety app was launched in Odisha, India to help women in distress, write «Women in the world».
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