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Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate: Global Report
April 26, 2024

Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate: Global Report

Executive Summary Climate change is already having serious impacts on the safety and health of workers in all regions of …

Behind online romance scams, torture and modern slavery are hiding
April 26, 2024

Behind online romance scams, torture and modern slavery are hiding

Warning: This story contains details of violence, including sexual violence, which may be disturbing. Names have been changed to protect …

Criticizing the Ukraine war leads to 5-year forced labor sentence
April 26, 2024

Criticizing the Ukraine war leads to 5-year forced labor sentence

In a recent ruling by the Moscow city courts service, a 39-year-old Russian man, Yuri Kokhovets, was sentenced to five …

U.K.’s cruel Rwanda Bill leaves survivor fighting to protect her child: the human cost of legislation
April 26, 2024

U.K.’s cruel Rwanda Bill leaves survivor fighting to protect her child: the human cost of legislation

The U.K. recently passed the much-contested Rwanda Bill that allows asylum seekers arriving in the U.K. to be sent to …

Progress against forced labor: is the E.U. finally getting there?
April 26, 2024

Progress against forced labor: is the E.U. finally getting there?

It has been a big week for the European Union as the Members of the European Parliament voted on several …

Promoting to penalizing: Alabama’s evolving stance on child labor
April 26, 2024

Promoting to penalizing: Alabama’s evolving stance on child labor

The “Crimes Against Children Remedy” bill, headed to the Alabama House floor, seeks to increase penalties for employers violating child …

Answering job ads Indian men find themselves on the Russian frontline
April 22, 2024

Answering job ads Indian men find themselves on the Russian frontline

Warning: This article contains details some readers may find distressing. In a classic bait and switch, the BBC recently reported on the …

April 22, 2024

Advocates warn Thailand is about to return fisheries to exploitative conditions

Thailand is considering significant amendments to its fisheries laws, raising concerns about the protection of workers and the sustainability of …

Migration politics leading to risky routes leading and modern slavery or death
April 22, 2024

Migration politics leading to risky routes leading and modern slavery or death

A new people smuggling route has opened across the Carribean Sea via the Bahamas for those attempting to reach Florida …

The vital fight for financial inclusion for sex workers
April 22, 2024

The vital fight for financial inclusion for sex workers

Becky Webster, a former NHS worker turned full-time sex worker in the U.K., faced another financial barrier when Barclays Bank …