OPINION: If Britain is serious about ending trafficking, we must learn from Mo Farah
The UK government’s response to Olympic champion’s case is welcome, but we…
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OPINION: Social protection must be extended to millions of excluded informal workers
Informal workers tend to be those most in need of social protection,…
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Thailand bars prisons from using inmates to make fishing nets
Thai officials ban new contracts using prison labour to make nets after…
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OPINION: U.S. law to ban Xinjiang goods protects Uyghur people. But it can’t end there
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act marks a major milestone in the…
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OPINION: Child labour can only be eliminated by tackling the root causes
This week's 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour aims…
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Thailand pledges to ban forced prison labour after expose
After an expose by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Thailand pledged to eradicate…
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U.S. urged to ban Thai fishing net suppliers using prison labour
An investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation last year found Thai prisoners…
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Pilots raise alarm at Qatar Airways for doctored hours, hidden fatigue
Asleep at the wheel, manipulated flight records – pilots reveal risks of…
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OPINION: Expo’s bright lights cannot hide Dubai’s dark side of discrimination and forced labour
The United Arab Emirates must address the plight of low-paid migrant workers
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Peru’s ‘Wonder Woman’ battles illegal gold mining in the Amazon
Illegal mining, sex trafficking, criminal gangs: inside Peru's lucrative gold mining trade…
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Pilots say Qatar Airways monitors and muzzles staff online
Companies wage digital war on critical staff by closing chat rooms, threatening…
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Pilots raise alarm at Qatar Airways for doctored hours, hidden fatigue
Asleep at the wheel, manipulated flight records – pilots reveal risks of…
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EXCLUSIVE – Jails in Thailand force prisoners to make fishing nets under threat of violence
Inmates face being beaten or having their release delayed and are paid…
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India sex workers seek to be counted after court upholds their rights
Campaigners say almost half India’s sex workers are not registered with the…
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In the year to end child labour, COVID wreaks havoc
Named International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, 2021 was meant…
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OPINION: Stories of Indian migrants in the Arab Gulf
Documented or undocumented, till this Kafala is removed in this region, migrants…
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OPINION: How the pandemic escalated migrant worker wage theft in the Gulf
It would take a migrant worker four days to pay for a…
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After maids die in Saudi Arabia, Kenyan relatives sound alarm
A growing number of bereaved Kenyan families are sounding the alarm over…
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One in eight children found at risk of becoming child soldiers
Charity calls for measures to ensure access to education to protect children…
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Ethiopia’s speed schools give child labourers a second chance
An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short…
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Ethiopia’s speed schools give child labourers a second chance
An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short…
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‘Like slaves’: Lebanon’s delivery riders struggle as crisis bites
Delivery app workers in Lebanon say they are being exploited and earning…
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OPINION: It’s time to listen to people who’ve experienced modern slavery
There are many more people like me, who could provide their perspective…
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OPINION: How to identify and prevent forced labour in global supply chains
Organisations must always consider the possibility that forced labour is occurring, particularly…
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Indian shop workers can finally sit down
What’s the big picture? For hundreds of years, salespeople in India have…
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Thai airport workers seek compensation for lost lunch breaks
The complaint is the latest dispute involving Thai airport staff during the…
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New York laws protecting delivery workers could be watershed, say advocates
Package of protections include minimum pay, tip transparency and bathroom access for…
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COVID-fuelled child labour crisis spurs call for global social protection fund
Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi said $52 billion could provide cash payments…
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OPINION: Now is the time for the EU to ban forced labour imports
The EU should amend the public procurement directive for procurers to consider…
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Chinese scammers enslave jobless teachers and tourists in Cambodia
Cambodia shut its borders when COVID-19 struck, giving rise to new wave…
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Feared and forgotten, Congo’s Ebola orphans work to survive
Hundreds of children orphaned by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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‘They told us they hate Africans’: Hundreds detained, deported from Abu Dhabi
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of African workers in Abu…
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