Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Fish farm project helps Indonesian trafficking victims rebuild lives | Free Malaysia Today

"The IOM says it is essential to help trafficking victims earn a living wage at home to “reject the fantasy world painted by traffickers and unscrupulous labour recruiters”."

"“There’s a high degree of risk that victims of trafficking will end up being re-trafficked if you fail to address the basic socio-economic drivers behind the decision to migrate in search of work in the first place,” IOM Indonesa spokesman Paul Dillon said."
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Friday, December 23, 2016

Fathers in rural India to be targeted to help stop sex trade...

"But a key finding was the role of fathers with researchers discovering traffickers were convincing fathers to give away their daughters by promising to arrange a marriage without the need to pay a dowry to the boy's family or a job in a city."

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(Reporting by Roli Srivastava; Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking and climate change. Visit news.trust.org)

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Building of new city in south India raises fears of debt ...

"CHENNAI, India, Sept 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The building of a new capital city in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will fuel demand for migrant labour and put thousands of poor workers at the risk of debt bondage, campaigners said, demanding a "dignified work policy" for them."

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(Reporting by Anuradha Nagaraj, Editing by Katie Nguyen.; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking and climate change. Visit www.trust.org)


Thursday, September 29, 2016

Many Haiti orphanages run by child traffickers, says J.K. ...

""When people hear the word 'orphanage', they imagine that it's a good thing or they imagine that it's necessary," Lumos Chief Executive Georgette Mulheir told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday."
""They do not imagine that so many orphanages are actually trafficking, beating, sexually abusing and starving children.""
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(Reporting by Manipadma Jena; editing by Katie Nguyen and Jo Griffin. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change. Visit http://news.trust.org to see more stories)