Coronavirus risks making labour exploitation the 'new normal', U.N. warns

Coronavirus risks making labour exploitation the 'new normal', U.N. warns

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Thailand to improve police training to tackle human trafficking nationwide

Thailand has faced criticism for failing to stop modern slavery in sectors from seafood to textiles


EXPERT VIEWS-Will coronavirus thwart global efforts to end human trafficking?

On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, several experts listed their priorities for the global anti-trafficking movement


Digital archive tunes into the forgotten songs of Indian slaves

Folk songs reflect the loss and longing of Indian indentured labourers


Samoan chief jailed for slavery and trafficking in New Zealand

Joseph Auga Matamata promised his victims better work in New Zealand but used them as slaves for a quarter of century


Garment workers to graduates: Bangladeshi women aim to shake up textile sector

Female former factory workers hope to use university degrees to improve workers’ rights after Rana Plaza and coronavirus pandemic


Mexico finds house of malnourished children forced to sell crafts

Across Mexico, children are used to beg or sell items, but the number involved in this case is unusually high


Brands urged to stop sourcing from China's Xinjiang over forced labour fears

Major retailers from Adidas to Amazon asked to reconsider Chinese supply chains for risk of slave labour involving ethnic Uighurs


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Top Glove has petitioned against import ban, U.S. Customs says

Top Glove Corporation have denied claims they used forced labour after import bans by the United States



Opinion

OPINION: It’s time to stop believing corporate fairytales about modern slavery

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is badly failing to detect, address, and prevent forced labour in the global economy


OPINION: A Decade to Deliver: eradicating modern slavery in the Commonwealth

The time for pledges has passed. Now is the time for Commonwealth nations to act


OPINION: World must step up efforts to stop labor trafficking

Anti-trafficking efforts must move away from a singular focus on sexual exploitation and also address forced labor


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