News

 
 
 
child camel jockey in UAE
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The UAE admits most child camel jockeys are under 10 years old

 

New UAE law bans child camel jockeys

The United Arab Emirates has finally passed a law prohibiting the use of under-18s as camel jockeys...
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Feature --
Ritual slavery in Ghana

 
 
 
Reverend Walter Pimpong
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Reverend Walter Pimpong
 

In May, Reverend Walter Pimpong, Executive Director of International Needs in Ghana, visited Anti-Slavery International to tell us the latest on the situation of Trokosi, a form of slavery that affects many hundreds of women and girls in the country's Upper Volta region...
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Voice from the field

 
 
 
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Catherine Turner talks to talibés (Koranic students) who are used for begging.
 

In many cases child begging is only seen as an issue of poverty or the result of abuse. Child Labour Officer Catherine Turner went to Senegal to see an example of when child begging can be slavery and what organisations there are doing to try to tackle it...
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