Jam-news.net: Sex and labor trafficking in Armenia
In 2022, three victims of trafficking were identified in Armenia, two women and one child.
This year two reports on trafficking were published in Armenia by the US Department of State and expert groups of the Council of Europe. They say that Armenia has generally improved its position in the fight against trafficking, but “these efforts are not enough”. Specifically, it said that the crimes are “disproportionately punished”, that is, criminals for the most part do not incur the prescribed punishment.
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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
We can’t ignore slavery in the bid to lift millions out of poverty
The struggle to end, finally, this most abject form of exploitation remains of marginal concern in the development community, writes TheGuardian.
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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
Armenia once more is in the 1 Tier of countries combating with human trafficking
Once more Armenia has been categorized in the 1 Tier of countries combating with human trafficking by U.S. Department of States’ annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Read More
New application is available on antitrafficking.am web-site: check your knowledge about trafficking
Starting from now each user of antitrafficking.am web-site has a brilliant opportunity to check their knowledge about human trafficking with the help of our new application-questionnaire. 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
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