By: David Ariosto CNN January 31, 2012 The Hershey chocolate company has pledged $10 million dollars for the next 5 years, to educate West African cocoa farmers on how to improve practices and combat child labor. The company’s pledge is said to be a “welcome first step toward accountability.” Later this [...]
Foreign Exchange Program to Undergo Changes
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Associated Press January 31, 2012 The J-1 Summer Work Travel program, which annually brings in around 100,000 foreign college students to work in the United States, has been found to be rife with exploitation and abuse. The US State Department is proposing major changes to the program. Changes would include banning jobs in factories, warehouses, [...]
Brought to the US as a slave, Shyima Hall becomes an American citizen
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By: Phil Willon Los Angeles Times December 16, 2011 Transported from Egypt to the United States as a slave when she was 10 years old, Shyima Hall was forced to do housework for a wealthy Californian family. At night she slept in a garage with no windows and only a dirty mattress. Now Hall looks [...]
Son of Village Voice co-founder fights to shut down adult section of Backpage.com
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Groundswell January12, 2012 John Buffalo Mailer, the son of Village Voice co-founder Norman Mailer, joined a campaign on change.org, fighting to shut down the adult section of Backpage.com, which has been used as an avenue to advertise minors for sex. By joining this campaign, Mailer is joining with more than 80,000 others to demand this [...]
Release of 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report
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The U.S. Department of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report on June 27, 2011.
Well-known St. Louis Hotel Trains Staff on the Red Flags of Human Trafficking
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The Millenium Hotel recognizes that sex trafficking often takes place at hotels and is making an effort to prevent this crime.