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Garment workers around the world experience unacceptable forms of exploitation.
Palestinian children amid homes in Gaza reduced by rubble by Israeli bombs.
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The European bourgeoisie could not forgive Hitler because he applied in Europe colonialist procedures previously reserved for the supposedly inferior Arabs, Indians, and Africans.
Jessica Rachel Cook, ‘Under the blanket,’ 2023, repurposed church pews, athracite coal, durum wheat, beeswax, antique tools and mixed media.
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Labour is the central theme for understanding history and legacies of Mount Elgin Industrial School, a former Indian Residential School, in a new exhibition at Art Windsor Essex.
Canadian companies will soon be legally obligated to annually report on efforts to prevent and remediate forced and child labour in their supply chains. Technology could help them do this.
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Supply chains can contain thousands of suppliers spanning continents. DNA testing, drones, satellite imaging and other technologies can help identify forced and child labour.
A recent investigation into Lululemon casts doubt on the ability of Canada’s new Modern Slavery Act to tackle labour abuse.
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A new study suggests disclosure laws to prevent forced labour in the clothing industry are a form of window dressing designed to ease the conscience of consumers rather than protecting workers.
Canada has joined a growing list of nations that have introduced legislation to combat modern slavery in supply chains.
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If we have learned anything from the fight against modern slavery, it is that addressing the issue takes extensive time, resources and long-term commitments.
The worst tragedy of its kind the world has ever seen.
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At least 1,132 workers died when the Rana building collapsed in Bangladesh, while several thousand more were injured.
Forced labour, bonded labour and forced child labour affect millions of people worldwide.
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While it may be challenging for organizations to manage all the activities within their global supply chains, there are best practices they can adopt to prevent modern slavery.
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Australia’s Senate has voted to prohibit the import of goods made using forced labour. But without government support it won’t become law.
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Child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking are serious problems. Misinformation is harming efforts to combat them.
A sweatshop in Dakar, Bangladesh, where underaged workers make steel consumer goods in hazardous and dangerous circumstances, October 20 2020.
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121 companies in Australia have delivered their first reports required by the Modern Slavery Act.
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Slavery and slavery-like practices exist in Australia, in the form of forced marriages, sexual exploitation and forced labour.
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There are no criminal provisions around slavery in 49% of world nations, groundbreaking new legal research finds.
Without a trace.
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Airbnb now has 7m listings in more than 100,000 cities, making it larger than the eight biggest hotel groups combined.
Slavery is not so far removed. Anderson and Minerva Edwards met in the 1860s as enslaved laborers in Texas, had 16 children and lived into their 90s in a cabin a few miles from the plantations they once worked. They are photographed here in 1937.
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Old injustices don’t simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
Target, Cotton On, Jeanswest, Dangerfield, IKEA and H&M are among the brands in Australia sourcing cotton from Xinjiang.
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The prospect of China using forced labour to supply foreign companies highlights the importance of modern slavery laws.
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When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
Anti-apartheid cleric Trevor Huddleston, centre, with South African liberation struggle icons Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela in 1991.
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Bishop Huddleston’s criticism of Enoch Powell’s incendiary “Rivers of blood” speech was both a history lesson and a call to action against racism.
South Koreans protest against China’s treatment of northern defectors.
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Tens of thousands of North Koreans live in China. Their lives are often no better than they were at home.
A woman who was trafficked for prostitution finds refuge at a safe house in the UK.
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And what businesses can do to support them.