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Haiti’s escalating gang violence is having a devastating impact on its most vulnerable citizens—children. Armed groups are increasingly recruiting boys and girls, offering them basic survival needs in exchange for […]
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23h ago
In March 2016, the U.S. launched its Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls. The strategy referred to forced child marriage as a “human rights abuse” that “produces devastating repercussions for […]
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Journalist Mech Dara’s reporting on cyber slavery compounds based out of Cambodia shone a light on a rapidly expanding form of modern slavery. However, despite winning awards for his heroism in reporting, […]
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23h ago
For nearly 150 years, forced labor has remained legal in California’s prisons under a constitutional exception. This November, voters have the opportunity to abolish this practice through Proposition 6, a […]
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23h ago
Over fifty-plus years ago a lucrative partnership between the diamond company De Beers and the government of Botswana was formed to run the country’s diamond mines. And while the United […]
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Recent data on South Sudan shows that 52% of girls are married before their 18th birthday, with some as young as 12 years old. Despite the 2008 Child Act, which […]
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1w ago
Florida is once again turning to forced prison labor for essential public services. This time the state needs help clearing debris following the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene. Florida Governor […]
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1w ago
Mech Dara, an award-winning Cambodian journalist who spearheaded the investigation and reporting of cyber slavery and corruption in Cambodia was recently arrested and charged with incitement. The BBC reports that […]
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1w ago
More people are living in slavery today than at any other time in modern history. And according to a recent BBC report, far from being tucked away in less developed […]
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1w ago
Three migrant teenagers have filed a federal lawsuit against Raw Seafoods, a major seafood supplier in Fall River, Massachusetts, alleging severe violations of child labor laws, according to a report […]
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