Tag Archive Exploitation

Meeting of GRETA and Audio-Visual Teams

In the framework of the 2nd Round Evaluation of regional governments’ efforts in the fight against trafficking, GRETA team made a visit to Armenia to meet with the organizations which work in anti-trafficking area. Read More

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The world has 21 million slaves – and millions of them live in the west

Between 2003-2011, 2,700 charcoal camp workers in Brazil were liberated from conditions akin to slavery. Seven percent of slaves live in North America or the EU, but the problem is global. We must invest in protocols that work to fight trafficking and exploitation.
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10 ways to recognize modern slavery

One of the biggest obstacles to tackling modern slavery is that it’s often hiding in plain sight. To better understand how that happens, here is a list of ten situations, whish suggests 50forfreedom.org blog to recognize that people are in forced labour.
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The scars of modern slavery: trafficked people with severe mental illness

The phenomenon of human trafficking, the exploitation of one human by another, takes place across the globe and predominately targets women and children, writes an NIHR Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry and a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry in the department of Children’s Psychological Medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Mina Fazel, who presented recently a research “Characteristics of trafficked adults and children with severe mental illness: a historical cohort study” to the #AntiSlaveryDay (This Day falls on 18th of October in UK as another opportunity to host events aimed at drawing attention to the issues of human trafficking and slavery). Read More

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Nestle’s KitKat to Change Cocoa Supplies to Address Child Labor

Nestle SA said KitKat will become the first global chocolate brand to make all its products with sustainably sourced cocoa as the chocolate industry faces allegations of child labor in the supply of raw materials, writes Bloomberg.
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Knowledge crusade against trafficking for the youth of Stepanavan

On the 15th of August «Art Sight» LLC jointly with RA Ministry of Sport and Youth affairs has implemented already traditional “Knowledge crusade against trafficking” project’s first phase. Read More

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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

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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

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Sexual Exploitation in China Must End

Auren Kaplan the CEO of Girl Justice, a nonprofit crowd funding platform, writes:

 

“As America continues her inevitable march towards deeper degrees of independence and opportunity for all of her citizens, I am reminded constantly of the myriad challenges women face around the world. As the CEO of Girl Justice, a women’s empowerment charity, I am constantly reminded of the continuous struggle for women’s rights abroad and at home. And while no country is flawless in the context of empowering women, one country stood out as a consistent and significant abuser of women’s rights: China. Read More

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Number of women convicted for human trafficking “exceptionally high” -UN

Nearly three in 10 convicted human traffickers worldwide are female, according to a U.N. report on Monday which found that women play a bigger role in trafficking than other major crimes such as murder or robbery. Read More

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