Children trafficked into illegal orphanages in Nepal
…in Nepal’s Kalikot district. This is in part due to parents having to migrate to India in order to find work, leaving children in the care of orphanages. Despite evidence…
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Not so sweet: child trafficking behind Indian sugar industry
India holds the distinction of being one of the world’s largest sugar producers and ranks second in global sugar exports, earning $4 billion every year from sugar alone. But a…
Despite being outlawed, debt bondage plagues India’s labor force
NPR News relays the story of Shanta Bai, a farmworker in rural India, who was locked in a chicken coop for a week by her employer, along with other women,…
Pledge to end debt bondage in mica mining
Credit: Courtesy of CNA and The Moving Visuals Co. Watch ‘The Ugly Side of Beauty’ here. “Three years ago I got a loan from a money lender of 4,100 Indian…
Urge Monster to investigate slavery risk in its drinks
…and Pakistan. Reports of debt bondage in India and human trafficking risks for sugarcane workers in Guatemala have also been documented.11 In 2015, around 80% of the 170 million tons…
Indigenous peoples and the anti-trafficking sector’s blind spot
…estimates that the more than 17,000 women and girls trafficked every year to India alone are usually forced into sex work, circus work, domestic servitude and are targeted for organ…
The Work in Freedom Handbook: A critical glossary of terms
…in the Sumer, Babylonia and the Akkadian Empires. For example, the Andurārum edicts of the Akkadian Empire released bonded workers from debt peonage. In a modern context, India’s Bonded Labour…
Better economic prospects would help prevent re-trafficking in India
Survivors of human trafficking and exploitation in India face significant hurdles in accessing the support they need to rebuild their lives. A lack of access to economic opportunities that would…
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Free Child – India, By Lisa Kristine Slaveholders burned down the homes of these villagers when they declared their freedom. Many villagers wanted to give up. Grassroots activists helped the…
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Free Child – India, By Lisa Kristine Slaveholders burned down the homes of these villagers when they declared their freedom. Many villagers wanted to give up. Grassroots activists helped the…