NEWS: Qatar's promise to ILO; UN upset with Brazil

NEWS: Qatar's promise to ILO; UN upset with Brazil

ILO Drops Qatar Investigation November 8, 2017 The International Labour Organization (ILO) has dropped its investigation into Qatar's treatment of foreign workers — many of whom are working to build facilities for the upcoming 2022 World Cup. The decision follows Qatar's promises of reform, including changes that would allow workers freedom to leave the country and change jobs without their employer’s permission and establish a minimum wage without discrimination and a fund to guarantee unpaid wages.

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Two Charged with Trafficking after 26 Nigerian Women Found Dead November 8, 2017 Two men have been charged in Italy with human trafficking over 150 people after 26 Nigerian women were found dead while attempting to cross the Mediterranean. Suspicions have been raised that they were being trafficked for sexual exploitation and that they may have been murdered.   READ NOW

How Gendercide Fuels Trafficking of Brides to China November 4, 2017 As a result of gendercide in China, the country is facing a new problem. A severely skewed sex ratio means there are far more men than women — making it harder to find a wife. As the demand for brides increases, traffickers are looking to China's northern and southern neighbors.

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Iraq Proposal to Legalize Child Marriage Sparks Outrage Iraq's parliament voted "in principle" to approve amendments to the Personal Status Law, meaning girls as young a 9 years-old could marry. Albawaba News reports that currently the legal age for marriage is 18 years-old, though a judge can give permission for those as young as 15. Read Now >>

Girls from Northeast India Trafficked to Myanmar She was a 17-year-old on a bus from her home in northeast India, ready to cross the border into Myanmar. A man in her neighborhood had promised her a job and said he could get her a fake Myanmar passport. Read Now >>

UN Special Rapporteur Urges Brazil to not Backtrack The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Ms. Urmila Bhoola, and other human rights experts have spoken out on Brazil's regression in the fight against slavery. Read Now >>

Sex Trafficking Survivor Tells Her Story Hannah had been with her boyfriend —  a man she would have once described as charming —  for a few months before he asked her to move with him from her native Albania. Yet he suddenly turned abusive, punching her when they argued. Read Now >>

Why Forced Begging Persists in Senegal PRI reports that Senegal has been trying to crack down on schools that force children to beg. The premise is that "The money they collect on the street goes to their Quranic instructors, known as marabouts, in exchange for teaching, food and housing. Read Now >>

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