Resources

Building Bargaining Power: How Domestic Workers in Lebanon Made a Courageous Step to Form a Union
August 5, 2017

Building Bargaining Power: How Domestic Workers in Lebanon Made a Courageous Step to Form a Union

EXCERPT FROM PUBLICATION: “In January 2015, 200 women and men from Ethiopia, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and beyond founded …

Brides For Sale: Vietnam Women Trafficked to China
August 5, 2017

Brides For Sale: Vietnam Women Trafficked to China

A Vietnamese woman tells the harrowing story of how her brother sold her to a Chinese man across the border.

Brides, Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into China
August 5, 2017

Brides, Bruises and the Border: The Trafficking of North Korean Women into China

Increasing poverty in North Korea is forcing many North Korean women to seek better lives in China. They become victims …

Cambodia
August 5, 2017

Cambodia

Labor trafficking in Southeast Asia and reports of slavery in supply chains are making international headlines. This document includes IJM’s …

August 5, 2017

Cambodian village has disturbing reputation for child sex slavery

Svay Pak has a disturbing reputation. The village outside Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh is known as a place where …

Benign accommodation? Ukuthwala, ‘forced marriage’ and the South African Children’s Act
August 5, 2017

Benign accommodation? Ukuthwala, ‘forced marriage’ and the South African Children’s Act

In this article, the authors evaluate the implications of the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 for ukuthwala. Ukuthwala is a …

Being LGBT in Asia: Cambodia Country Report
August 5, 2017

Being LGBT in Asia: Cambodia Country Report

This report provides an overview of LGBT rights in Cambodia as related broadly to laws and policies, social and cultural …

Barriers against child sex tourism: Summary report
August 5, 2017

Barriers against child sex tourism: Summary report

Children have the right to protection against sexual violence. The Dutch Government must therefore endeavour to prevent Dutch nationals from …

August 5, 2017

Barbara Amaya’s Story

When I ran away, I was a walking target for traffickers and predators who look for damaged children: I had …

Bangladeshi Girls Sold as Wives in North India
August 5, 2017

Bangladeshi Girls Sold as Wives in North India

This article is based on the stories of 112 Bangladeshi girls and women taken mostly to Uttar Pradesh, India, and …