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Tackling Slavery in the Classroom With a Graphic Novel and an App
2016-06-03 19:07:20| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
To tell the story of Abina Mansah, Trevor Getz traverses the boundaries of format, genre, and audience.
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Asia worst offender in global modern slavery rankings
2016-06-03 14:12:04| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Asia has an estimated two-thirds of the total number of people in modern slavery globally, a new report has found, with Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, India and China accounting for nearly 60%.
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Almost 46 million people trapped in slavery with North Korea, India key offenders
2016-05-31 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index launched on Tuesday with Australian actor Russell Crowe. The index, by Australia-based human rights group Walk Free Foundation, increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labour to 45.8 million from 35.8 million in 2014. Andrew Forrest, founder of...
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Data control key to tackling slavery in supply chains
2016-04-05 14:06:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
As Britain's Modern Slavery Act finally comes into force, brands and retailers are being urged to take active steps to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place within their supply chains.
Private funding to fight slavery grows but impact limited: campaigners
2016-04-02 00:09:30| IT Services - Topix.net
Private funding to fight modern day slavery rose by nearly 60 percent over a two-year period but remains too little to make any meaningful impact against the global problem, anti-slavery organizations said on Friday. Between 2012 and 2014, some $233 million of private funds was spent on anti-slavery initiatives - an amount dwarfed by the estimated $150 billion in profits forced labor generates every year, the Freedom Fund and Humanity United said in a report.
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