Originally posted by Jonathan Kaiman on June 15, 2016 for the Los Angeles Times— “In June 2015, a restaurant declined to hire Gao Xiao as a line cook because of her gender. Men prepare the food, a restaurant employee told her; women only serve it. So Gao filed a lawsuit. In the U.S., this likely would … More In China, feminism is growing — and so is the backlash
Originally posted by Claire Zillman for Fortune on June 14, 2016— “Nawal Alhawsawi is fighting racism, sexism, and discrimination against people with disabilities. If you haven’t heard of Nawal Alhawsawi, perhaps you’ve heard of the title she was given about two years ago: “The Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia.” She earned that accolade after she … More What the ‘Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia’ Wants for Women in Her Country
By Anelise Chen on June 8, 2016, for Vice.com— “In one of the funnier scenes in Nanfu Wang’s documentary Hooligan Sparrow, Chinese women’s rights activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a. Hooligan Sparrow) is sprawled on her bed, entertaining questions from the endless stream of journalists who have shown up at her apartment. She has just been arrested protesting … More Inside the Terrifying, Absurd World of a Women’s Rights Activist in China
Originally published on Yahoo News Digest on June 6, 2016— “A British pedophile who abused 23 Malaysian and Cambodian children and babies, including one just 6 months old, was sentenced to life in prison by a London court on Monday. Dubbed the country’s “worst pedophile” by Britain’s media, Richard Huckle was sentenced to 22 life sentences … More Britain’s ‘Worst Pedophile’ Gets 22 Life Sentences for Malaysian, Cambodian Crimes
Originally published on Yahoo Digest on June 3— “At least 117 bodies, many women, were pulled from the sea off Libya after a smuggling boat of mostly African refugees sank, while a separate search-and-rescue operation across the Mediterranean saved 340 people Friday and recovered nine bodies. Smugglers have exploited the chaos gripping Libya since the 2011 … More Bodies of at Least 117 Refugees Wash Up on Libyan Beach
By Ellen Wulfhorst for Thomson Reuters Foundation on May 17, 2016— “Life on the remote Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northern Montana has all the ingredients for sex trafficking – poverty, isolation, joblessness and violence, topped with an epidemic of crystal meth addiction. Drug users are selling their babies, daughters and sisters for the potent … More Fueled by drugs, sex trafficking reaches ‘crisis’ on Native American reservation
Originally posted by Will Worley on The Independent.co.uk on May 27, 2016— “A 15-year-old schoolgirl who was filmed purportedly being raped by a group of male students in a Florida school toilet was a victim of human trafficking, it has been claimed. Twenty-five male students were identified using CCTV going into the Lee County high school’s … More Florida Schoolgirl in Snapchat Video ‘with 25 Boys’ Was ‘Victim of Sex Trafficking’
Originally published on Yahoo News Digest on May 19, 2016— “Mario Cruz‘s stunning black-and-white photographs document the plight of at least 50,000 young boys in Senegal, ages 5 to 15, who are exploited in Quranic schools in Senegal. Cruz gained rare access to the dark side of many Quranic schools in Senegal, known as daaras, … More Photographer Documents Young Boys Exploited in Senegal
News Release from The United States Department of Labor on February 11, 2016— “The Bureau of International Labor Affairs’ new mobile application, “Sweat & Toil: Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking Around the World,” is now available to download for devices using the Android operation system from Google Play. Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bulXmJM4Grw Released for … More ‘SWEAT AND TOIL:’ BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS RELEASES ITS MOBILE APP ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
Originally posted on NYTimes.com by RACHEL L. SWARNS on April 16, 2016— “The human cargo was loaded on ships at a bustling wharf in the nation’s capital, destined for the plantations of the Deep South. Some slaves pleaded for rosaries as they were rounded up, praying for deliverance. But on this day, in the fall of 1838, no one was … More 272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown. What Does It Owe Their Descendants?
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