“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007). Marino Lucas, Jose Velasquez, and Jose Hari had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Forced Labor’
The Connection Between Faith, Human Trafficking, and Immigration
Posted: February 28, 2011 in Forced Labor, modern day slavery, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Forced Labor, Human Rights, human trafficking, immigration, modern day slavery, Slavery in America, What you can do!
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The anti-trafficking – immigration connection
Posted: February 15, 2011 in Forced Labor, human trafficking, slaveryTags: Forced Labor, human trafficking, Human Trafficking in America, immigration, modern day slavery
Many anti-trafficking advocates take it for granted that, when it comes to sex slavery, culture change is the way to go. They argue that, in order to eradicate sex slavery, our culture needs to change the way it views sex. (Though I would argue this doesn’t go far enough. Many countries that have problems with [...]
Ask Hershey to Become Slave-Free!
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Child Slavery, Forced Labor, human trafficking, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Child Slavery, Cocoa industry, Fair Trade, Forced Labor, human trafficking, Unfair trade, What you can do!
The Not for Sale Campaign is running a campaign to put pressure on Hershey to ensure there is no slavery in their supply chain. Read on to find out why this is even necessary, and what you can do about the problem.
Where to shop to combat slavery?
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Forced Labor, Resources, Take action, What You Can DoTags: Bonded Labor, Buy slave free, Child Slavery, consumption, Forced Labor, human trafficking, modern day slavery, thoughtful consumption, What you can do!
Many people may have heard about slavery being intimately connected to the supply chain of things we buy everyday, including food. I’ve added a new tab to the Resources section called Shopping. At these are stores you can purchase products not only guilt-free, but purchase them knowing that people’s lives have been improved by creating what you [...]
Stolen Childhoods
Posted: November 14, 2008 in Child Slavery, human trafficking, modern day slaveryTags: Child Slavery, Forced Labor, Resources
Recently I saw an impressive documentary about the forced labor of children called “Stolen Childhoods.” It had high quality footage and interviews, and profiled all or most of the known ways that children get caught into slavery. This included rug making, Commercial Sexual Exploitation, working in quarries, working on fishing platforms, etc. The website, stolenchildhoods.org, [...]
The Internal Trafficking of Persons in South Africa
Posted: November 13, 2008 in International Human Trafficking, modern day slavery, Sex SlaveryTags: Forced Labor, human trafficking, Sex Slavery, South Africa
A new report, No Experience Necessary: The Internal Trafficking of Persons in South Africa, published by the US Agency for International Development, was conducted over 6 months by the International Organisation for Migration, from March to Sept, throughout South Africa. The survey sought to link internal trafficking in the country to commercial sexual exploitation, forced [...]
Some new resources
Posted: October 6, 2008 in modern day slavery, ResourcesTags: Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Forced Labor, Human Rights, human trafficking, modern day slavery, Research & Education, Resources, Sex Slavery
I’m a big fan of podcasts-I download them and burn them onto a CD for a trip or put them onto my iPod for my weekly treks into NYC for an internship. So I thought I’d check out what podcasts are available through iTunes (the easiest way to search for and download podcasts). I have [...]
