A new process to skip the 'biscuit tin' lottery is being used for the first time - because ACT refused to support a ...
The world's 20 wealthiest economies accounted for about half of the people worldwide living in "modern slavery," according to a new report. The report released this week by Walk Free, an international ...
The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern ...
Turkey has risen to the fifth rank in the world in the Global Slavery Index. In the last report the same organization prepared in 2018, Turkey ranked 48th globally. However, this year only North Korea ...
LONDON, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Britain's multi-million aid programmes to tackle modern slavery worldwide are not underpinned by a clear strategy and have produced little evidence of ...
The footprint of modern slavery can be found all around us – if only we were made aware so that we could open eyes to the problem. The clothes we wear. The smartphones in our pockets. The solar panels ...
The United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act, enacted on March 26 2015, has turned ten years old. The legislation, which nominally introduced and strengthened protections for people who survived situations ...
On February 23, Brazilian authorities rescued 207 victims in conditions akin to modern slavery in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul. The men had been harvesting grapes for a service provider to ...
Sadly, yes. A recent report from the International Labor Organization estimated that at least 50 million people around the world were living in modern slavery. That figure means nearly one out of ...
Mahmoud Gad received funding from the Financial Reporting Council for the report cited in this article examining the properties of UK Modern Slavery Statements. Steven Young received funding from the ...