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Climate change is more than an environmental issue; it has far-reaching social consequences that affect communities worldwide. Chiara Soletti, Climate Change Manager, and Marta Medusa, Africa Programme Officer, explore how these changes are fuelling migration patterns in Ghana and increasing risks of modern slavery and exploitation. Keep reading »
Climate change and modern slavery are serious challenges that need to be tackled together. Extreme weather events are becoming more common – satellite image from NASA, via Unsplash. Climate change affects everyone. Changing weather patterns have left millions of people at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods;… Keep reading »
Sameer Taware on the increasingly effective struggle of bonded labourers to claim justice Keep reading »
16 September 2016 International Advocacy Manager Kate Willingham on yesterday’s session of the UN’s Human Rights Council and the importance of the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. Yesterday the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Urmila Bhoola, reported to the UN Human Rights… Keep reading »
Shahid's story shows the need for safe migration training for Indian workers going to the Middle East Keep reading »
15 September 2015 Ganga Sekhar, Volunteers for Social Justice, Punjab, India A woman moulding bricks is Pather. Her day started at 5am and isn’t likely to end before 8pm. Not a toilet in sight, she has to sneak into the fields near by without the farmers noticing to answer… Keep reading »
24 August 2015 Why is bonded labour rife in Indian brick kilns? Kate Willingham, International Advocacy Co-ordinator Anti-Slavery International and partners have called for action to be undertaken by the Government of India to tackle bonded labour of adults and children in the brick kiln sector and ensure full… Keep reading »
14 July 2010 A new report by Human Rights Watch finds migrant tobacco workers in Kazakhstan trapped in forced labour and debt bondage. The seasonal workers, typically from Kyrgyzstan and other former Soviet republics, are employed by farm owners who supply tobacco to the Kazakhstan subsidiary of Philip Morris International,… Keep reading »
9 September 2008 Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation, welcomes the decision by the government of Nepal to free 20,000 people in slavery by abolishing the local bonded labour practice of ‘haliya‘. The organisation also calls for official support to help the freed labourers find alternative livelihoods and… Keep reading »