guest blog by Caroline Galea | carolinegalea.com The story of Kira beggars belief. Kira is a 28-year-old Moldavian woman who has, for seven years, spent most of her time as a sex slave. Her story was exposed in the British media in the last few weeks and is subject to an ongoing inquiry and court case […]
Human Trafficking is Violence Against Humanity
May 24, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Fourteen-year old Gudiya Putul is not in Kingston, Jamaica attending the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC), but her name and history were brought to the attention of some IEPC participants Saturday during a workshop about economic injustice and human trafficking. Source: Ekklesia Putul (not her real name) is originally from a village in West Bengal, […]
Vote Now! YouTube Good Work Contest
May 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
YouTube is rewarding creatives for doing good work for good causes with their Good Work contest. We have produced a 60-second video that looks at the Good Work of Anuradha Bhosale and Avani at the Kolhapur Brick Kilns, empowering women and feeding and teaching children and rescuing them from forced labour. Produced by myself and shot […]
Sold: An MTV EXIT Special with Lara Dutta
April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Very few people are actually aware of how large the problem is. Even if people are aware, they generally turn a blind eye towards the entire situation. For this reason, the level of awareness needs to be increased drastically. “Sold: An MTV EXIT Special”, a gripping documentary presented by Indian actress and UNFPA Ambassador, Lara […]
Salaam Bombay! Reviewed
April 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Recently we had the opportunity to watch Salaam Bombay! , a 1988 Hindi film directed by Mira Nair, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator, Sooni Taraporevala. If, like me, you loved Slumdog Millionaire, I might describe Salaam Bombay! as an early precurser to that more recent commercial success. Salaam Bombay! chronicles the day-to-day life of children […]
180M Children in India “very vulnerable” to Trafficking
April 26, 2011 by 1 Comment
Source: BusinessEconomics.in Guest Interview with Nishit Kumar Head of Communication and Strategic Initiatives CHILDLINE India Foundation, Mumbai Q) In your opinion, what are the reasons behind the increasing child trafficking in India? A) Nearly 43% of the country’s population is children below 18. Of these, about 40% are marginalised by poverty, illiteracy, exploitation, abuse, disability, […]
Delhi Child Labour Rescue Team Attacked and Hospitalized
March 24, 2011 by 1 Comment
Several activists of a city-based child rights NGO were on Thursday allegedly attacked and severely beaten up by some people while they were trying to rescue child labourers. A group of “traffickers” allegedly attacked workers of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) with knives and iron rods in Khureji area of east Delhi and forcibly took away […]
Under-age Sex Traffic Booming at Super Bowl
February 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
The under-age sex trade was booming at the Super Bowl Sunday. Pimps trafficked thousands of under-age prostitutes to Texas for yesterday’s Super Bowl, hoping to do business with men arriving for the big game with money to burn. In fact, the Super Bowl is one of the biggest human trafficking events in the United States. From […]
Anuradha Koirala Named ‘CNN Hero’ for 2010 Anti-Human Trafficking
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Meet Anuradha Koirala, a crusader known for her anti-human trafficking drive through her non-profit making organisation Maiti Nepal and often labelled the ‘Terminator’ by human traffickers. Maiti has saved more than 12,000 girls from sex slavery and prevented 45,000 children and women from being trafficked at the India-Nepali border. For her untiring efforts, September 5 […]
Child labour – The worst menace of all time
January 23, 2011 by 2 Comments
A guest post by Akshay Mahajan at IndiaStudyChannel.com – Child labour, also referred to as child slavery by many, is one of the worst effects of poverty as seen in India and many other countries. What is child labour ? Child labour actually refers to employing children for various tasks at an age when they […]
WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Funded Child Sex Slavery
December 13, 2010 by 3 Comments
The ‘infamous’ Wikileaks has released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment. Bacha bazi is the Afghan tradition of “boy play” where young boys are dressed in women’s clothing, dance for leering men, and then sold for sex to the […]
Forms of Child Labour Found in Asia
October 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Bonded child labour is extensively rooted in socio-cultural and political structures in parts of South Asia. Source: Sona Sahu / CoolAvenues.com – “Child is the father of the man” or he is the future of tomorrow? But no more. With the growing exploitation and the way we are depriving him of his basic rights, the […]
Video: Child Labour In India
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Video from World Vision Australia gives us insight into Child Labour. 280 million children in the world are involved in Child Labour, India is home to the largest number of child laborers.
Indian Child Labor Readying Commonwealth Games
September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
A recent article in the Toronto Star newspaper focuses on some disturbing examples of children as young as four working long days on the Games facilities. Meet four-year-old Ajay. Source: Rick Westhead | TheStar.com NEW DELHI—It’s crunch time in New Delhi and Ajay, a bright-eyed four-year-old with cropped hair and a handsome smile, is working 13-hour […]
The ‘Gray Areas’ of Child Labor
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Earlier in the week NPR’s Neal Conan interviewed Jane Stewart, special representative and director of the International Labour Organization’s office to the United Nations, formerly minister of human resources in Canada. Listen online here Read NPR Transcript – This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. The campaign to eliminate the horrors […]