CHILD SLAVERY

WOMEN
Hope Endures: Why the October 13, 2016 Release of 21 Chibok Girls of Nigeria Matters
By R. Evon Benson-Idahosa, Esq., Contributor
Lawyer, Activist and Founder/Executive Director of Pathfinders...
On October 13, 2016, 913 days after their April 14, 2014 abduction by Boko Haram, 21 of the 276 school girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Nigeria were released to the Nigerian government by Boko Haram. The Nigerian government contends that the release followed "painstaking" brokered negotiations by the Swiss government on behalf of Nigeria and members of Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terror group.
WORLDPOST
25 Compelling Reasons to Support the World Day Against Child Labor
By Norm Schriever, Contributor
Writer, expat, cultural mad scientist and enemy of the comfort...
A girl walks at a train station waiting for a train to Serbia in the town of Gevgelija, on the Macedonian-Greek border, on July 9, 2015, on the way north to European countries. Amnesty International accused Balkan countries of mistreating migrants passing through their territories on the way to the European Union, saying people fleeing war were being 'shamefully let down'. 'Thousands of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants -- including children -- making dangerous journeys across the Balkans are suffering violent abuse and extortion at the hands of the authorities and criminal gangs,' the rights group said in a report. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI (Photo credit should read ROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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IMPACT
Children's Court Could Help Combat Abuses Against Young Refugees
By Sebastien Malo, Reuters
It would help deal with issues related to child labor, slavery and marriage, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.
WORLDPOST
Nou Fini: An Unexpected Journey
By Marceline Fleurilus, Contributor
During a recent trip to my home town of Verrettes, I noticed a small girl walking alone in my neighborhood. Though I didn't realize it then, my life changed in that instant. She carried a heavy load on her head and looked malnourished.
IMPACT
Slavery Survivors Highlight 2015 Broward College - Free the Slaves - ATEST- Trafficking Conference
By Free the Slaves, Contributor
We liberate slaves and change the conditions that allow slaver...
A slavery survivor from Haiti shared a grizzly account of her childhood in restavèk domestic servitude.
WORLDPOST
A Shocking Trip To A Brick Factory Pushed This Nobel Peace Prize Winner To Fight Child Slavery
By Rahel Gebreyes
IMPACT
Amid Super Bowl Human Trafficking Hype, A Reminder That 70% Of Victims Are Sold Online Year-Round
By Robbie Couch
"People are posted and sold online multiple times a day," Asia, a survivor of sex trafficking, told Thorn -- the agency behind
IMPACT
Obamas Honor Work Of 12-Year-Old Child Slave Turned Activist During India Trip
By Robbie Couch
President and Michelle Obama meet with Kailash Satyarthi, third from right, his wife Sumedha Satyarth, left, with Payal Jangid
BUSINESS
10 Countries With The Most Slaves
By 24/7 Wall St., 24/7 Wall St.
In some countries, the number of enslaved people is especially high. Five countries alone account for 61% of all people believed
SAN FRANCISCO
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
By Jeremy Affeldt, Contributor
San Francisco Giants, Speaker, Humanitarian, Author, Executive...
Major league athletes are known for what they do on the field, but my work off the field is important to me too. In fact, if I'm going to be known for anything, I'd like to be known for what I did for other people.
WORLDPOST
Winning the War for Children's Rights: An Army of Children?
By Anika Rahman, Contributor
Non-Profit Leader for Human Rights and Catalyst for Change
If I can succeed in raising my 10-year old daughter to be aware of the plight of children and to understand that she can be a part of a global solution seeking community, then perhaps I would have made the greatest contribution to the future.
ENVIRONMENT
A Global Ecocide Rampage (WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
By Dr Reese Halter, Contributor
Broadcaster, Biologist
About 1.1 billion people, or 15 percent of the human race, depends upon killing our living planet for their daily livelihood.
ENVIRONMENT
Are Wildlife Declines Fueling Slavery and Armed Conflict?
By Will Turner, Contributor
Chief Scientist, Conservation International
Crashing wildlife populations and social conflict are frightening enough on their own, so you could be forgiven for finding connections between the two a bit of a downer. But this dark cloud has a silver lining.
ENVIRONMENT
Why Clif Bar Must Disclose the Origins of Its Cocoa
By Mikko Alanne, Contributor
screenwriter and producer
On African cocoa farms, children are frequently forced to work from 6 a.m. until the evening. They're made to live in windowless sheds and subjected to beatings and whippings for working slowly or attempting to escape.
FOOD
The Chocolate Food of the Gods
By Evaggelos Vallianatos, Contributor
Scholar and author of several books, including , "Poison Sprin...
In her new book, Carol Off, a Canadian journalist, successfully unwraps the dark history of chocolate.
BUSINESS
Social Innovation Summit 2014: The Power of Peer Impact
By Jennifer Sertl, Contributor
Contributor
Medicine does not equal medical care. -- Dr. Mitchell Besser Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book Antifragile states, "Wind
BUSINESS
Slavery Is Still Thriving And Is More Profitable Than Big Oil
By Carina Kolodny
Forced labor doesn't just hurt the victims. There are 21 million victims of forced labor around the world. To better understand
IMPACT
Child Laborers Work 12-Hour Days In Mines So That You Can Have That Glittery Eyeshadow
By Robbie Couch
Do you know how your makeup was made? According to DanWatch, a nonprofit advocating for social justice issues, children as
IMPACT
An Urgent Letter to Australian Billionaire Andrew Forrest
By Robert J. Benz, Contributor
A People's Proponent
A proposal to eradicate slavery by the year 2100 is one that makes more sense. It gives time to institutionalize solutions and allows them to germinate organically.
IMPACT
My Conversation with Shyima Hall, Human Trafficking Survivor and Activist
By Tavis Smiley, Contributor
PBS talk show host, PRI radio host, NYT bestselling author
Sold into slavery by her parents when she was just 8 years old, Hall's ordeal took her from Egypt to a gated community in Southern California. For four years, she lived under the control of a wealthy couple that abused her mentally and physically. Now 24, she works as an advocate to spread awareness of child trafficking.
TEEN
Take a Stand
By Yii-Huei Phang, Contributor
Student from Australia
No girl should be married as a child. No child should be a slave. No girl should be gang-raped. Let's make it a reality for these children to pursue their dreams, and stop being abused. Educate yourselves about these issues, and take a stand.
IMPACT
Vivienne Harr, 9, Holds 'Make A Stand Lemon-Aid' Every Day For A Year To Fight Child Trafficking
By Nader Salass
Vivienne Harr, a 9-year-old from upstate California, celebrated the one-year anniversary of her lemonade stand last month
IMPACT
The Mirror Has Two Faces
By Lily Koppel, Contributor
Bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club and The Red Lea...
Hairdresser Michael Angelo normally spends hectic days at his salon in NYC, but recently he was in Cambodia, training young women who are survivors of the global sex trafficking epidemic how to blow dry, give manicures, cut, color and style, teaching them to take control of their images.
IMPACT
Putting An End To Gender-Based Violence In Haiti
Read more on takepart.com “I want women to see themselves as women with possibility,” she told me. Marie -- and women across
QUEER VOICES
Say No to Slave and Sex Trafficking
By Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, Contributor
Activist, Speaker, Author, Pastor
Why should LGBT people care? All social issues are LGBT issues, and around 10 percent of the millions of people who are trafficked are LGBT. As citizens of the world, we cannot just care about issues that we think are "ours." If we are human, then human trafficking is about all of us.
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