Freedom United | Child Slavery

To combat forced labor in domestic work, the Domestic Workers Convention No.189 (C189) calls on governments to take measures to protect [...]

Child marriage happens in many places around the world. In fact, about 10% of the global population has been married before they turn 18.

Every day, millions of children in India wake up with nothing to look forward to except hours of back-breaking labor working everywhere [...]

Five days before her 18th birthday, “Ruby” escaped her traffickers in Scotland, having endured two violent years of sexual exploitation [...]

For children around the world, war, violence and disaster are part of everyday life. With their schools being attacked and destroyed, [...]

The last place you should expect to find a child is in a brothel; yet for 17-year-old Phoebe from Kenya, this is her life. Name changed [...]

In the cocoa fields of the Ivory Coast, child slavery is ‘normal.’ It’s routine. It’s accepted. Children as young as seven are sold – [...]

Every day, millions of children in India wake up with nothing to look forward to except hours of back-breaking labor working everywhere [...]

Three-quarters of girls in Niger are married before they are adults. Child marriage often amounts to slavery, for example, when [...]

The police command in Ghana has issued directives to their officers to screen vehicles at police checkpoints and barriers for potential [...]

In Brazil, reports of child sexual abuse increased by more than 25% during the World Cup. The UK Government has pledged to tackle [...]