Why You Should Know Ai-jen Poo — Meryl Streep’s ‘Date’
If you watched the Golden Globes, you likely saw Meryl Streep with her red carpet date, Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). Streep was one…
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If you watched the Golden Globes, you likely saw Meryl Streep with her red carpet date, Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA). Streep was one…
A Texas couple has been ordered to pay $121,000 to a Nigerian woman who they kept in domestic servitude for two years. Chudy Nsobundu, 57, and his wife Sandra, 49,…
…people by the means of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation can include forced labor, domestic servitude, removal of organs, and commercial sexual exploitation. But…
Two men in Glasgow are on trial for subjecting several men to live in “squalid conditions,” and forcing them to work for little for no money. The abuses reportedly took…
…the police told us that we still had to go to jail for the immigration violation, even though it was the company’s fault,” said the 24-year-old, who now works for…
…Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs suggests estimates that there are 636,000 Sudanese migrants in the Gulf and around 300,000 Kenyans. New waves are coming from Somalia, Ethiopia, or…
…to Nepal without any warning. We continue to monitor the situation and will keep you informed when we can take action. SOURCES http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/10-mauritanian-anti-slavery-activists-win-freedom-143823243 http://unpo.org/article/19295 https://www.wttc.org/-/media/files/reports/economic%20impact%20research/countries%202015/thailand2015.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAvXe6TjdPE http://bangkok.usembassy.gov/tip2015statements.html https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/12/13/lebanon-deports-domestic-worker-rights-organizer http://idwfed.org/en/updates/global-idwf-is-deeply-saddened-and-outraged-by-the-recent-detention-of-two-nepali-domestic-workers-in-Lebanon http://idwfed.org/en/updates/global-idwf-is-deeply-saddened-and-outraged-by-the-recent-detention-of-two-nepali-domestic-workers-in-Lebanon…
Two people have been arrested in the UK for trafficking children from Vietnam to work in nail salons. The police say this is the first time the country’s modern slavery…
…of the program, police set up committees in schools to educate students about trafficking. They first started visiting schools in South 24 and North 24 Parganas districts – identified as…
Modern slavery occurs in Britain more than you might think, and it may be hiding in plain sight, from nail salons to car washes. If you’re wondering how these abuses…
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