December 2012
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Slave-Free Holiday Gift Giving
It’s that time of the year again- the most wonderful season of giving! It can be tough to find a balance between our desire to give good gifts that our loved ones will enjoy and researching and purchasing items that are ethically produced or manufactured. What’s an activist to do to find the best of both worlds?
Here are several tips for you to make the most of your gift giving this season —...
October 2012
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IJM Celebrates 100th Human-Trafficking Conviction...
On Friday October 12, our friends at the International Justice Mission (IJM) celebrated the100th human-trafficking conviction in Manila, the Philippines.
The trial spanned over a six-year period and brought justice for six girls who were trafficked on the same street of bars. The trafficker received a life sentence in jail and is required to make compensatory measures to the victims affected....
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Integrating Human Trafficking into Our Everyday...
One of the most basic ways to generate awareness and to draw attention to the fight against modern day slavery is simply to talk about it. Conversations are really important in explaining to your friends and family that you care about a cause and that they should to. Think about it. If everybody who cared about trafficking told just two of the people they love about their passion for human...
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How Many Slaves Work for You?
How many slaves work for you? This atypical question would seem outside the realm of normal conversation and, in some cases, offensive. Shockingly enough, this query is relevant to every consumer. Products come from somewhere, and are produced and processed by someone or other entity; but as consumers, we seldom stop to contemplate these questions. The reality: 27 million people are enslaved with...
September 2012
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love is enough: Resources to Learn about Sex... →
kaylenloves:
Get informed!
Palermo Protocol (UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children)
http://www.palermoprotocol.com/
Counter Trafficking Training Module (**has a focus of Irish and European response to trafficking): …
[link] Trafficked children in UK council care... →
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Some children trafficked into the UK are going missing from local authority care, a Council of Europe report says.
It says there are indications that increasing numbers of people are being brought into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labour.
The council raises particular concerns over a lack of secure and suitable accommodation for trafficked children...
August 2012
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jaswinder singh: The inhumanity of human... →
duanejhpv:
The inhumanity of human trafficking.(RightsWatch): An article from: UN Chronicle This digital document is an article from UN Chronicle, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 698 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The…
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The Cost of a Human Life: The Price of a Victim of... →
im-the-muthafucking-leaf:
Babies from Nigeria: $6,400
Babies in China: $7,800
Babies in Malaysia: $6,588
Children in China: $6,100 for boys, $500 for girls
Children in Ghana: $50 to parent, then $300 to trafficker
Children in India: $45, versus $350 for buffalo
Children in Iraq: Between $300 to $5,500
Children in…
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Report on Ohio Sex Trade Victims →
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Among other interesting facts, the one that most news agencies seem to be focusing on is the fact that the majority of children recruited into the sex trade are apparently recruited by women, while those who are recruited as adults are more often recruited by men.
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leaaptb: Global Trafficking in Women and Children →
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Global Trafficking in Women and Children War, poverty, and famine; political, social, and economic change; and the deep seated views and rituals rooted in a culture’s history and traditions all contribute to the widespread and growing trafficking of women and children. The multilayered…
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What international protection is there? →
On 16 June 2011 the ILO adopted the Domestic Workers Convention (No. 189), stipulating conditions of decent work for domestic workers globally, including those migrating to work beyond the borders of their countries. As an international treaty it enshrines basic rights such as protection against all forms of abuse, harassment and violence, elimination of forced and child labour, freedom of...
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Real Men Don't Buy Girls
halogentv:
Every year, over 1 million children fall victim to sex trafficking and join the millions of others already being held captive as slaves. Halogen’s series, “Tainted Love”, exposes modern-day slave trading and human trafficking.
Watch 3 free episodes here: http://halogentv.com/watch/full-episodes/
Find Halogen on TV: http://bit.ly/halogentv
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anyt*ing i want: The Human Commodity →
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In the 1780s and 1790s, approximately 80,000 slaves a year were taken from Africa and brought to the United States. Today, approximately 10 times that number are trafficked across international borders.
#moderndayslavery
What makes this phenomenon so insidious is that the girls are…
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“Compassion is never compassion until you cross the street and do something now,...”
– Christine Caine (via pksailing)
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Watchdontsellbodies:
4 INDICTED IN OHIO HUMAN TRAFFICKING STING
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Mary Poppins: Nanny, Jokester, Abolitionist |... →
anndoubleu:
Has Mary Poppins got something to show us about Abolition?
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FACT: BOYS & MEN GET TRAFFICKED TOO
dontsellbodies:
Nobody is immune. Never forget that.
Every victim, every survivor deserves our support, our respect and our attention.
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Why did the federal government drop the largest... →
Global Horizons’ chief executive Mordechai Orian has maintained his innocence throughout the case, accusing the workers of lying in order to stay in America, where they can earn more than they would earn in Thailand. He also claimed that several high-ranking government officials have been conspiring to ruin his business and his life, and that the attorneys coached the Thai farmworkers to lie in...
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Was Your Stuff Made by Slave Labor? It's Not... →
Law enforcement operations cannot be expected to tackle human trafficking alone, and rescue is not always a viable solution. High demand for cheap goods, opaque supply chains, and low consumer awareness are underlying structural conditions that contribute to the prevalence of labor trafficking.
Seventy-eight percent of U.S. families reported choosing organic foods in a November 2011 survey,...
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Dep’t of Labor slams Walmart supplier for $248,000... →
“Corporations like Walmart are driving up profits by driving down wages and conditions across their supply chains,” said NGA Executive Director Saket Soni. “Since Walmart is either unable or unwilling to enforce its own Standards for Suppliers, we formed a national investigative commission into labor abuses on the Walmart supply chain. Walmart should cooperate with the commission.”
The DOL’s...
Tell Your Congressperson to Act on Critical... →
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FACT: BOYS & MEN GET TRAFFICKED TOO
dontsellbodies:
Nobody is immune. Never forget that.
Every victim, every survivor deserves our support, our respect and our attention.
July 2012
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Why did the federal government drop the largest... →
Global Horizons’ chief executive Mordechai Orian has maintained his innocence throughout the case, accusing the workers of lying in order to stay in America, where they can earn more than they would earn in Thailand. He also claimed that several high-ranking government officials have been conspiring to ruin his business and his life, and that the attorneys coached the Thai farmworkers to lie in...
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Feds dismiss largest US trafficking case →
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