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Last week, the Australian NGO Walk Free published its global slavery index 2014. Until this day, the common thoughts, based on the last statistics, was that 29,8 million people were living under slavery worldwide. It looks that they’re much more, as the...
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When a Western company decides to relocate (a part of) its activities in poorer countries, its favorite argument consists in arguing that it will bring wealth and skills elsewhere, to people who really need it. Of course, if there could be a part of truth,...
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Textile industry, TIC industry, fishing industry... All of these sectors are regularly accused of using child labor and / or forced labor. Currently, Thai fishing industry is in turmoil, like Samsung or H&M (and they're not the only ones...). These topics...
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One more scandal related to child labor has spread out today ! Shinyang Electronics, a Chinese firm, is accused of violating child labor laws. According to China Labor Watch, an NGO who investigates working conditions in Chinese manufacturing facilities;...
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Last Friday I wrote a post about Bolivian MPs who allowed ten years old kids to work, in order, as they said, "to fight poverty". As already said, forcing children to work rather than study is not sustainable. Here is a testimony from a young Pakistani,...
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Unfortunately there is not only in Africa and Asia, as too many people still believe, that slavery exists. Slavery is not just the fact to unchain somebody and force him to work for you. Slavery is also not having the choice to do anything else than work,...
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There are numerous ways to fight against slavery. In your daily life, for example, you can choose to consume products from ethical firms. Here is an example from the Food Empowerement Project. The nonprofit Food Empowerment Project has a list of chocolate...
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The Harry Potter Alliance: Connecting Fan Interests and Civic Action The Harry Potter Alliance is a coalition of fandom leaders and members who feel passionate about the power of story to inspire and affect social change. Just as Harry and his friends...
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The Global March Against Child Labour is a worldwide network of trade unions, teachers' and civil society organisations that work together towards the shared development goals of eliminating and preventing all forms of child labour and ensuring access...
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You may have heard of Daewoo cars or electronics but did you know that Daewoo is the largest processor of slave labour picked Uzbek cotton ? In Uzbekistan’s last cotton harvest, e leven citizens forced to pick cotton lost their lives. The tragic losses...
