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The Brazilian state of São Paulo is taking a dramatic new step.
The state’s governor has just signed a law to shut down companies caught using slave labor. Violators would be banned from opening a new business for 10 years.
The man behind this groundbreaking law is human rights activist, Carlos Bezerra Jr., a São Paulo state senator.
He believes the measure is the toughest of its kind since Brazil abolished slavery in 1888.
“In this state,” Bezerra says, “profit at any cost will never be worth...
Read recommendations for how the U.S. government can do a better
job in protecting children from sexual exploitation. The recommendations
come from a review of the government’s report and additional conversation
and between the US and the UN Committee on the Rights of the child in
January.
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of the United States of America to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution...
For hundreds of years, Amazonian communities have supported themselves through natural resources; growing, gathering and trading produce to feed their families. As Peru’s economy has grown, however, more and more local resources have been harvested for industry. Vegetation that once sustained people’s livelihoods is disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening widespread poverty among those who cannot find an alternative means of support.
Out of desperation to support large families, more...
For hundreds of years, Amazonian communities have supported themselves through natural resources: growing, gathering and trading produce to feed their families. As Peru’s economy has grown however, more and more local resources have been harvested for industry. Vegetation that once sustained people’s livelihoods is disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening widespread poverty among those who cannot find an alternative means of support.
Out of desperation to support large families, more...
For hundreds of years, Amazonian communities have supported themselves through natural resources: growing, gathering and trading produce to feed their families. As Peru’s economy has grown however, more and more local resources have been harvested for industry. Vegetation that once sustained people’s livelihoods is disappearing at an alarming rate, threatening widespread poverty among those who cannot find an alternative means of support.
Out of desperation to support large families, more...
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Call Now: Foreign Labor Recruiters
May 10 - Please act now. Call members of Senate Judiciary Committee and urge them to support amendments in Immigration Reform bill that will strengthen regulation of foreign labor recruiters.
Guide to Anti-Slavery Funding
