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我們的故事平台 100storiesHK 發佈了第 38 個關於在港人口販運倖存者的故事。Shirley遠赴重洋，一心希望付出勞力為身在病榻的母親賺取醫藥費，卻無辜被欺騙及剝削…
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香港
絕食抗爭拒童婚 90後巴裔誓要做港女
日期：2020年12月11日
來源：星島日報
在港土生土長，說得一口流利廣東話的巴基斯坦裔少女 Mariyam 希望融入主流社會，但往往因種族問題被同學或途人侮辱，尚未成年之際更遭父母帶返家鄉，強逼遵照傳統「童婚」習俗相夫教子。她最終通過絕食等行動「抗爭」逾兩年，始獲雙親同意擱置婚事，得以返港繼續求學，惟仍擔心將來再遭逼婚，但願可像「港女」一樣自主命運，「因為我也是香港人！」
主腦未落網 港版N房案7人被捕
日期：2020年12月15日
來源：蘋果日報
今年6月中，蘋果獨家揭發本港發生翻版韓國「N號房」事件，歹徒以試鏡拍片為由威逼利誘同男「演員」上酒店房性侵，拍下過程轉售圖利。警方拘捕七名男子，主要負責招募、財務、場地安排、拍攝，罪名為串謀控制他人而目的在於使他與人非法性交或賣淫，部份人亦涉刑事恐嚇及勒索，警方不排除有進一步拘捕行動。
亞洲
南韓網路性暴力量刑開啟新頁
日期：2020年11月30日
來源：人權觀察
韓國今年初爆出「N號房」事件，主腦趙周斌利用Telegram設立網路聊天室，並與多名共犯以黑函脅迫婦女和少女錄製性暴力影像在網上分享。11月26日，首爾法院將趙周斌判刑40年，這起駭人聽聞的事件隨之走近終點。以往南韓對於網路性暴力案件通常僅以罰款了事，本案判決令人期待南韓司法部門可能開始更加嚴肅看待這類犯罪。但是，要遏止這類罪行在南韓和其他地方的驚人流行，還需要再接再勵。
疫情衝擊 全球多數成衣工人被迫減薪「挨餓度日」
日期：2020年12月4日
來源：Rti 中央廣播電臺
全球勞工權利倡導團體「工人權益聯盟」最新發佈的報告，針對柬埔寨、孟加拉、薩爾瓦多、衣索比亞、海地、印度、印尼、賴索托和緬甸等9國的大約400名成衣工人進行訪問調查，發現他們之中有多達四分之三的人受疫情影響，薪水大幅縮減，必須借錢買食物過活。戰略研究主任克里特絲說：「國際知名時尚品牌業者現在最重要的行動就是籌集資金，讓成衣工人有足夠的薪水渡過往後的疫情危機。」
侯奇江：拐賣、家暴和冥婚，中國底層殘障女性的生死掙扎
日期：2020年12月7日
來源：端傳媒
在中國大陸，近期幾則關於農村低智女性遭遇性侵、被虐待的新聞屢見報端。這些觸目驚心的新聞，可以幫助我們大致拼湊出一個底層低智殘障婦女的生活經歷：困囿於自身的身體缺陷，出生於貧困凋敝的地區，她們失去了全方位的身心自由和發展權利。有些女孩來不及長大便淪為發泄慾望的工具。另一些少女無力反抗家庭的安排，以彩禮的名義被出售，為生育而存在。
國際
被指縱容兒童色情、偷拍影片 PornHub 公佈新政策：禁下載影片、上傳者須確認身份
日期：2020年12月9日
來源：立場新聞
色情影片網站 PornHub 近日作重大變動，禁止非認可帳戶上載影片及停止影片下載功能。另外，用戶明年起仍然可以上傳自己的影片，但其中需要經過身份辨別程序。PornHub 的新變動源於《紐約時報》專欄作家紀思道近日的文章，揭發 PornHub 未有妥善執行其管理條款，而網站上除有傳統色情影片商的製作外，同時充斥著大量兒童色情、報復式影片、偷拍、種族主義及厭女影片，並從中獲利。
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長年性侵數十女性、餵藥強暴少女 79歲時尚大亨被捕
日期：2020年12月16日
來源：蘋果日報
加拿大時尚大亨尼加德遭美國紐約州檢方指控9項罪名，包括敲詐、性販賣等罪名。數十名女子控告尼加德，指他以金錢引誘年輕貧窮的女子到他在巴哈馬的豪宅，承諾會給她們當模特兒或在時尚產業工作的機會。但這些女子到了巴哈馬後遭限制行動，護照被沒收；有數名原告表示，當時她們年僅14、15歲。她們被要求喝酒或用藥，並遭尼加德本人或其他共犯強暴。
巴西女8歲家貧被送養 遭囚為奴近40年終獲救
日期：2020年12月22日
來源：中央通訊社
一名女子在8歲時因家境貧窮而被送養，遭寄養家庭囚禁為奴隸長達近40年，期間還被迫結婚。她在磨難多年後，終於靠鄰居檢舉而獲救。負責這起救援案的勞檢人員卡瑪斯米告訴湯森路透基金會：「她肚子餓時，他們會給她食物；但除此之外，她的所有其他權利都被剝奪。」官員表示，在巴西，家庭奴隸問題難以確認與處理，因這些受害者很少自認是現代奴隸。
評論及資源
電台訪問：強迫勞動與保護海洋資源有何關聯？
日期：2020年12月14日
來源：法國國際廣播電台
海上強迫勞動與保護海洋資源之間有何關聯？遠洋公海地帶向來是天高皇帝遠的地帶，如何才能夠有效地監督遠洋捕魚的漁船？我們就此電話採訪了知名環保組織綠色和平組織台灣分部海洋部的負責人。
研究：新疆採棉工 –– 新證據揭露時尚產業背後的強迫勞動
日期：2020年12月17日
來源：BBC中文
BBC獲得的一項最新研究結果顯示，中國正迫使數十萬維吾爾族和其他少數民族人群在西部新疆地區廣闊的棉田中從事艱苦的體力勞動。除了大型的再教育營系統，有關少數族裔被迫在紡織廠工作的指控也得到詳細記錄。中國政府否認這些說法，堅稱這些營地是「職業教育培訓中心」，而這些工廠是一個大規模、自願的扶貧計劃的一部分。
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
New story posted on 100stories
Our storytelling platform 100storiesHK has posted its 37th story! 19 year old Ayyan dreamt of a better life working in Hong Kong. Instead, he was deceived, trafficked and trapped in forced labour.
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HONG KONG
HK opposition walkout seen as ‘setback’ for anti-slavery, LGBT+ push
Date: 13 November 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The mass resignation of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition lawmakers has raised doubts about campaigns pushing for anti-slavery legislation and equality for same-sex couples in the city. The withdrawal came after Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government expelled four lawmakers from the legislature for endangering national security, prompting the remaining opposition members to quit in solidarity.
Hong Kong juveniles becoming victims of child pornography, sex crimes amid pandemic, police warn
Date: 23 November 2020
Source: South China Morning Post
Hong Kong juveniles as young as seven are increasingly becoming victims of child pornography or sex crimes as they take to the internet to make friends while getting stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, police have warned. “Parents need talk to their children with an open attitude and give them proper sex education,” said Chief Inspector Cheung Po-yuet of the police’s Family Conflict and Sexual Violence Policy Unit.
ASIA
Minor who joined NPA files human trafficking complaint against recruiters
Date: 9 November 2020
Source: Inquirer.net
“Ka Anda” (not his real name), a minor who claimed he was enticed to join the New People’s Army (NPA) has filed a human trafficking complaint against his alleged recruiters. He claimed his recruiters promised to send him to school. But instead of being sent to school, Ka Anda said he was brought to the mountains and was used by the rebels to collect money from civilians.
Parents in debt, out of work, school kids in city forced into child labour
Date: 16 November 2020
Source: Hindustan Times
In India, prolonged closure of schools and job loss due to the lockdown enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has pushed a lot of students from the economically weaker section into child labour. According to NGO CHETNA (Childhood Enhancement Through Training and Action), at least 55% or 325 of the 586 children in their contact in east and north-east districts of Delhi have been engaged in some sort of work ever since the schools have been shut in view of the pandemic.
Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation
Date: 17 November 2020
Source: BBC
Indian workers in factories supplying the supermarket chains Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and the fashion brand Ralph Lauren, told the BBC they are being subjected to exploitative conditions. One owner of a clothing supplier – who did not want to be named – said that poor checks and balances, combined with a lack of responsibility by the brands, makes it hard to stamp out that exploitation. “It is the way of working in the textile industry, it’s just not India, it’s everywhere.”
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
Date: 21 November 2020
Source: The Associated Press
Palm oil is found in everything from potato chips and pills to pet food, and also ends up in the supply chains of some of the biggest names in the $530 billion beauty business, helping women around the world feel pampered and beautiful. But much of it comes from plantations where women are burdened with dangerous jobs and face sexual abuse and harassment. The Associated Press conducted the first comprehensive investigation focusing on the brutal treatment of women in the production of palm oil across Indonesia and Malaysia.
Access the article here.
Read more: Malaysia lets undocumented migrants work but hardship fears persist
GLOBAL
Bilal Fawaz: ‘I became best friends with darkness and pain a long time ago’
Date: 9 November 2020
Source: The Guardian
After being abused as a boy in Nigeria and trafficked to London at 14, boxing and piano playing gave him hope. It took him 16 years to win the right to remain legally in the UK but, despite being stateless, Fawaz fought six times for England and won the national ABA light-middleweight title in 2012. He is now 32 and finally able to fight professionally. “There is beauty in darkness,” Bilal Fawaz says with a poetic flourish.
Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market
Date: 16 November 2020
Source: BBC
Vulnerable women are being preyed on in Nairobi to feed a thriving black market for babies. Africa Eye infiltrated the trafficking rings selling children for as little as £300. Over the course of a year-long investigation, Africa Eye has found evidence of children being snatched from homeless mothers and sold for massive profits. They uncovered illegal child trafficking in street clinics and babies being stolen to order at a major government-run hospital.
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Sex trafficking ring of 178 people are arrested in Florida for trafficking
Date: 19 November 2020
Source: Daily Mail
Nearly 200 people have been arrested in a shocking child sex trafficking case centered on one teenage girl whose own mother allegedly sold her for sex or drugs in Florida. Some of the people linked to the case include a grade school physical education teacher and a high-profile booster for Florida State University, as per the Tallahassee Democrat. Several women were also charged in the case for arranging paid ‘plays’ with the girl in exchange for cash.
UK sourced PPE from factories secretly using North Korean slave labour
Date: 20 November 2020
Source: The Guardian
The British government has sourced PPE from factories in China where hundreds of North Korean women have been secretly working in conditions of modern slavery, according to evidence uncovered by the Guardian. “The workers have no days off. They are not allowed to go out. The North Korean [state] controls them. They make money for the country,” said a manager at one factory.
RESOURCES
Report: Understanding and attitudes of employers of migrant domestic workers towards ethical recruitment and decent work principles in Hong Kong
Date: 20 October 2020
Source: IOM Hong Kong
With about 400,000 migrant domestic workers working in Hong Kong, employers, even as individuals, play a decisive role to not only shape their employment experience but also recruitment. IOM Hong Kong released a report on the understanding and attitudes of employers of migrant domestic workers on ethical recruitment and decent work principles. The survey showed that fewer than half of employers surveyed did any due diligence to make sure that workers were hired lawfully.
Opinion: Exploitation is the rule, not the exception
Date: 17 November 2020
Source: Open Democracy
The Palermo Protocol was established twenty years ago. Despite receiving numerous expressions of official support in the years that have followed, the protocol has not proved to be especially effective. This is, in part, because it fails adequately to articulate the nature of the problem to be addressed. Our particular concern here is the vague and ambiguous use of two key terms, “exploitation” and “vulnerability,” which lead to ineffective and even harmful solutions. In this article, we argue that a better formulation of the problem will yield more effective solutions.
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本月焦點
100stories 更新啦
我們的故事平台 100storiesHK 發佈了第 37 個關於在港人口販運倖存者的故事。19歲的Ayyan懷著對美好生活的嚮往來港工作，卻被欺詐、販運、強迫勞動…
聖誕送禮好主意
由社企 Barefoot Love Collective 設計的 Changemaker Boxes 教材套適用於9至12歲兒童，助你輕鬆培育孩子思考社會公義。首批 Changemaker Boxes 的主題為「反人口販運」，教材套內容豐富：生動的互動式遊戲和創意活動、家長指南、還有多樣NGO 產品（包括 STOP 的 Cards Against Trafficking）。今個聖誕，與子女一起 Make a Difference 吧！
按此購買Changemaker Boxes（原價 HK$750 | 聖誕優惠價 HK$500），所有收益扣除成本後將全數撥捐 Eden, Sons and Daughters 和 STOP。
香港
2013年印傭被虐 僱主判監 網民眾籌資金供返港出席索償訴訟
日期：2020年11月9日
來源：立場新聞
2013 年，香港一對夫婦因虐待印傭 Kartika Puspitasari，包括熨斗燙面、單車鏈鞭打及鎅刀鎅手等，兩人八項罪名成立，分別被判 3 年 3 個月及 5 年半。事隔七年，外勞事工中心（MFMW）發起網絡眾籌，盼籌得港幣 14,000 元，讓 Kartika 可回香港出席向前僱主民事索償案的聆訊。
疫情下裸聊勒索案及兒童色情物品案上升
日期：2020年11月23日
來源：Now 新聞
今年首半年學校大部分時間停課，警方表示，涉及網上交友的罪案，包括裸聊勒索案、兒童色情物品案和牽涉青少年的非法性交案等有上升趨勢，最年輕受害人只有7歲。騙徒會在交友網尋找目標，以性感頭像吸引受害人，與他們對話並騙取信任，其後演變成裸聊，再截圖勒索受害人，而與事主「裸聊」的並非騙徒本人。
亞洲
大馬政府推兩計劃，7個月內重新安置無證移工
日期：2020年11月12日
來源：Malaysiakini
馬來西亞內政部長韓沙再努丁宣布，政府將推出含2項主要措施的重新安置無證移民計劃, 即自願遣返安置計劃和重新安置勞工計劃。「馬來西亞依然繼續凍結引進移工。這項計劃旨在允許逗留國內的無證移民，選擇要回到原屬國，或是合法就業都可以。我們給予的通融期限是到明年6月30日。」韓沙保證，允許國內的無證移民合法化，不會影響到市場和本地人的就業機會。
簽本票的陷阱 ── 誰讓菲律賓移工背負失控債務？
日期：2020年11月16日
來源：報導者
在我們長期追蹤報導移工議題的過程中，發現了一個奇特現象：為什麼半數以上的菲律賓移工在踏上台灣前，就簽下台灣的本票？一條橫跨台菲兩地的債務剝削鏈是如何創造出來的？雖然監察院曾要求金管會檢討仲介透過本票惡意討債、檢察官曾試圖以「人口販運罪」起訴業者，但許多菲國移工仍被債務綑綁，活在恐懼之中。法律扶助基金會律師們正在蒐集各種證據，和財務公司鬥智鬥法⋯⋯
印度工人控訴剝削 英4著名品牌調查
日期：2020年11月18日
來源：BBC中文
英國廣播公司（BBC）報道，為連鎖超市馬莎百貨、Tesco和Sainsbury’s，以及著名時裝品牌Ralph Lauren供貨的印度工廠，有工人控訴受剝削，包括被迫通宵工作、沒時間喝水或去廁所等。這些品牌雖沒直接營運印度的工廠，但有專家指單靠當地勞工法不足以解決勞工剝削，品牌享有所有利潤，亦應承擔責任。4個品牌均表示關注報道的指控，會展開調查。
國際
一隻會生產「電力」的乳牛！保障孩童受教權、家庭不再缺電
日期：2020年11月2日
來源：食力foodnext
在肯亞一所偏僻的學校，竟有一隻乳牛能夠「擠出電力」，促使當地家長把小孩送去學校上課兼取電？這個猶如科幻小說的情節確實存在，只不過，這頭乳牛並不是真正的牛，而是一頭「太陽能牛」（The Solar Cow）。太陽能牛的真面目是由南韓新創「Yolk」所設立的太陽能充電站。以鋼架做成牛的形狀，其設計背後想呈現的是，當地許多孩童為了要飼養牛隻而無法就學的現象。
英孚外教性剝削中國女生案背後：失控的網絡兒童色情「流行病」
日期：2020年11月6日
來源：MP頭條
英孚美籍外教性剝削12歲中國女生案，揭開兒童性勒索跨國網絡的冰山一角。幸好女童家長及時發現並向教育中心舉報，而美國警方亦於三個月內抓捕嫌疑人，十個月內起訴。然而令人不安的問題並沒有隨之消失：勒索來的影像原本會流向哪裡？那些新搜查到的視頻又從何而來？畫面里那些「有血有肉」的孩子，此刻身在何處？兒童性剝削圖像並不是戀童癖者減少性衝動的「安全閥」，而是「犯罪的燃料」。
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拐賣兒童在非洲——肯亞內羅比黑市嬰兒交易成風
日期：2020年11月20日
來源：BBC中文
BBC《非洲之眼》欄目經過一年多的調查發現諸多證據，證明肯亞首都內羅比黑市兒童販賣活動猖獗。人口販子從街頭拐走嬰幼兒，繼而轉售圖利。記者恩傑裏·姆旺吉遇到的案例中，有人口販子開出僅5萬肯尼亞先令（約港幣3537元）價格求售被拐兒童。BBC 報道播出之後，肯亞勞工與社會保障部長西蒙·切盧吉公開表示將予以徹查。
《衞報》︰英衞生部採購防護衣 出自中國勞役北韓女工血汗工廠
日期：2020年11月21日
來源：蘋果日報
英國《衞報》明查暗訪，發現英國醫護人員使用的防護衣（PPE），部份來自中國丹東市勞役北韓女工的血汗工廠。報道指這些工廠違反了聯合國對北韓實施的禁令，訂購的英國衞生部（DHSC）有助紂為虐之嫌。
評論及資源
研究：香港特別行政區僱主對外籍家庭傭工有關具道德招聘及體面勞動的認識及態度
日期：2020年10月20日
來源：聯合國移民署
現存有關香港外傭僱主的知識及態度方面的研究仍十分缺乏。針對這個情況，本研究希望能識別香港僱主對於道德招聘和體面勞動原則的了解程度和現存態度。研究發現，48%僱主聲稱在挑選職業介紹所時有進行盡職調查，46%表示沒有，6%表示不清楚。我們需要多與僱主溝通和協作，讓他們更意識到自己在整個招聘過程，以及在保障準僱員方面所扮演的重要角色。
評論：路博邁：別讓現代奴役吃掉投資利潤
日期：2020年11月8日
來源：蘋果新聞
2020年武漢肺炎肆虐全球，ESG指數受到重視。投資人或許熟知環境議題，避開碳排放高投資標的，但路博邁集團呼籲投資人更應正視「現代奴役」的風險，例如遠洋漁業殘害漁工、企業採購新疆再教育營產品遭美國政府開罰，都是「現代奴役」可能對投資人帶來的風險。
STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。Branches of Hope eNews November 2020
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE MONTH
A warm welcome to Michelle
We are delighted to introduce you to Michelle Wong, our new Programme Manager. Prior to joining STOP, Michelle spent her past decade working with the homeless community, women workers, precarious workers, and migrants in Hong Kong. She hopes to contribute her experience as a labour activist and expertise in gender perspective in combating human trafficking.
Join our upcoming webinar!
Register now for “COVID’s Impact on Human Trafficking & The Sex Industry in Hong Kong”, a discussion on how to combat the growing misconceptions of the sex industry in Hong Kong. STOP will be speaking on the panel with Sons & Daughters and Hong Kong Dignity Institute through Zoom, on 19 November, 12-2pm (HKT). See you there!
HONG KONG
Hong Kong’s refusal to scrap the domestic worker ‘live-in rule’ perpetuates racism and sexism
Date: 25 September 2020
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
On Sept 21, Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal ruled against Filipino domestic worker Nancy Almorin Lubiano, who sought to overturn the rule that forces the women workers to live in the same home as their employer. This latest ruling makes clear the sexist and racist logic that undergirds the domestic worker labour structure in Hong Kong. At the core of this case is the mistreatment and dehumanisation of migrant women, who were imported as economic tools to fill Hong Kong’s need for domestic labour.
ASIA
Stolen lives: The harrowing story of two girls sold into sexual slavery
Date: 28 September 2020
Source: National Geographic
Before they were sold to the same brothel, Sayeda and Anjali were typical teenagers, growing up in similar circumstances a few hundred miles apart. They nurtured the aspirations of teenagers everywhere—to get out from under their parents, to find love, to start living out their dreams. Both were naïve about the world and couldn’t have imagined the cruelties it had in store… Trafficking minors for sex is a multibillion-dollar industry that spans the globe. One region in India and Bangladesh has emerged as a hub of this illicit trade.
US includes Taiwan on forced labor list due to fishing industry abuses
Date: 1 October 2020
Source: Seafood Source
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its 2020 “List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor,” and has included Taiwan for the first time for its issues related to forced labor in the fishing industry. The inclusion comes after 19 NGOs and businesses urged the DOL to include the nation on its list after discoveries of forced labor on fishing vessels in Southeast Asia.
Access the article here.
Read more: Taiwanese fleets accused of illegal fishing, human rights abuses
‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Xinjiang
Date: 9 October 2020
Source: CNN
The Black hair care market in the United States was estimated to be worth more than US$2.5 billion in 2018. The majority of hair products come from Asia, mostly China. Now, some of the Chinese factories supplying thousands of kilograms of hair to the American market are under scrutiny by the US government, which is alleging the use of forced labor in the country’s far western region of Xinjiang — where rights groups say up to 2 million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities have been detained in internment camps since 2016.
Thai man disguised as monk held for sexual offences against teen
Date: 14 October 2020
Source: New Straits Times
Natthaphat Charurerk, 21, living on the run as a novice Buddhist monk, was accused of organising for the 19 year-old victim to be gang raped and recording the crime with his mobile phone. He allegedly published and advertised images and clips of the rape on Twitter and Line to make money. Natthaphat has been charged with forcing a person to provide sex services and violating the Computer Crime Act. He could also face a human trafficking charge, police said.
GLOBAL
Rugby saves school girls from child marriage in rural Zimbabwe
Date: 1 October 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
When the girls at Sahumani Secondary School in eastern Zimbabwe started playing rugby, they had to make do with the soccer pitch and the oversized football shirts used by the boys. Five years on, several have represented their country in the sport, and many more credit it with saving them from becoming child brides in a nation where early marriage remains common despite being outlawed in 2016. Catherine Muranganwa, whose two sisters were married before they turned 18, says playing rugby opened her eyes to different possibilities.
‘Thousands of victims of child trafficking denied right to stay in the UK
Date: 17 October 2020
Source: The Guardian
Kobe was in his final year at primary school when a drug gang recruited him. By then he’d been passed around seven different foster placements and met so many social workers he’d lost track of their names. Aged 17, Kobe was identified by the UK government as a child victim of trafficking. But Kobe has been told he will be sent back to Ghana, a west African country he has no memory of since arriving in London aged five. He is one of thousands of child victims of trafficking at risk of deportation as a result of the Home Office’s “hostile” immigration policies.
RESOURCES
Movie: New Nollywood film shines a light on human trafficking in Nigeria
Date: 7 October 2020
Source: CNN
Every year, tens of thousands of people are trafficked from Nigeria, particularly Edo State in the nation’s south, which has become one of Africa’s largest departure points for irregular migration. Many women who are trafficked in Nigeria face sexual, physical and mental abuse, according to a 2019 report by Human Rights Watch. Through “Oloture,” the difficult realities of these women, particularly those who are sexually exploited, come to light.
Access the article here.
Watch the trailer here.
Report: UNODC report reveals linkages between human trafficking and forced marriage
Date: 7 October 2020
Source: UN News
Across the world, girls as young as 12 are being forced or tricked into marrying men who exploit them for sex and domestic work, in what the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called an “under-reported, global form of human trafficking”. The agency has published a report which documents the interlinkages between trafficking in persons and marriage, and provides steps for governments and other authorities to strike back.
Access the article here.
Read the report here.
Animated Series: Taking on the traffickers — Three warriors battling the slave trade
Date: 17 October 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The pressure is high and the stakes are even higher for those dedicated to tackling the global trade in sex and labour. These efforts come at a cost – solitude, sorrow and stress – but their lives are seldom showcased. Valderez defied years of death threats. Van risks his life to mount undercover rescues. Maria escaped sexual slavery and now pursues the traffickers who profit from human misery. Three ordinary people with extraordinary stories – all on a mission to end modern-day slavery.
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本月焦點
歡迎Michelle
我們很高興為大家介紹 STOP 的新成員黃筱媛（Michelle），她將擔任項目主任一職。加入 STOP 前，Michelle曾於香港組織無家者、婦女、邊緣勞工。她希望把與邊緣勞工同行的經驗和性別視角帶到反人口販運的運動當中。
【開放報名】《新冠疫情對香港人口販運情況及性行業的影響》網上研討會
STOP 將於2020年11月19號，下午12:00-14:00，以講者身分出席《新冠疫情對香港人口販運情況及性行業的影響》網上研討會。屆時我們會與本地非牟利機構天國兒女以及香港守護尊嚴中心的代表一同討論如何解開香港性行業迷思。研討會將以英語進行，有興趣人士可按此參閱詳情。到時見！
香港
疫情間外傭受虐數字升 勞工處回覆：未有備存記錄
日期：2020年10月2日
來源：香港01
外勞事工中心 唐曉昕：「當受害者希望投訴的時候，她需要思考生計。」隱形香港收到投訴，指有外傭於疫情期間被僱主虐待。手法包括：掌摑腳踢罰抄剝奪睡眠甚至剝奪上廁所的權利。我們接觸到這幾位受虐的外傭…
亞洲
美國勞動部首次將臺灣漁獲名列「強迫勞動製品清單」
日期：2020年10月2日
來源：綠色和平
美國勞動部每兩年都會發布「童工及強迫勞動製品清單」，今年於9月30日晚間公布，首次將臺灣遠洋漁船所捕撈的漁獲列入名單中。日後臺灣遠洋漁船的漁獲產品出口美國將面對嚴格限制，除非可證明產品並非由強迫勞工生產，否則可能不得進口。此項制裁預計將造成遠洋漁業中難以計算的經濟損失，也影響臺灣在國際間的人權聲譽。
《被偷走的人生》：兩個女孩的故事
日期：2020年10月1日
來源：國家地理雜誌
《被偷走的人生》是記者尤迪吉．貝特查吉揭開調查的人權悲劇：販運兒童並逼迫他們成為性奴來賺錢。為了報導這個全球性的悲劇，我們從了解莎薏妲和安潔莉令人心碎的故事開始：被男子欺騙並賣到妓院，每天被強暴高達20次，不聽話就遭毒打。
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疑來自新疆集中營人髮製品已成「黑金」 美持續查扣以打擊強制勞動
日期：2020年10月11日
來源：蘋果日報
以真正人髮做成的假髮等製品，近年自中國大量湧入美國市場。美國之音報導指，美國海關及邊境保護局已經針對幾家製造商的真髮製品發出暫扣令。CNN報導，被稱為「黑金」的真髮製品行業，2018年為美國經濟帶來25億美元（約港幣194億元）以上的收益，而絕大多數髮製品來自亞洲，主要是中國。而中國的真髮製品，據信大多來自新疆的強制勞動營。
泰版N號房事件 假和尚主謀涉性販運少女
日期：2020年10月17日
來源：四方報
根據《Dailynews》報導，受害人與交往一年多的男友行房時被偷拍性愛影片。後來男友以不雅片威脅女孩與多名男子發生性關係，不僅向參與男子們收費，利用女孩的身體獲利；自己還在一旁將過程全程錄影下來上傳至Twitter和Line等網站，以600元泰銖（約港幣150元）的會員費在網路販賣，二度剝削女孩私密影像，變態行徑令人憤怒。
國際
新型冠狀病毒疫情下 今年再多50萬女童面對童婚風險
日期：2020年10月1日
來源：香港救助兒童會
救助兒童會最新分析顯示，新型冠狀病毒疫情所引發的經濟影響，估計將導致350萬女童面臨被迫童婚的風險，多達100萬名女童更將於今年懷孕，分別比去年增加4%和3%。救助兒童會行政總裁Inger Ashing指出：「疫情導致更多家庭陷入貧困，很多女童被迫工作以維持家計，她們捱餓，照顧病患家人，甚至輟學，與男童相比，女童較難再有機會重返校園。」
哥倫比亞女子竭力助受性剝削兒童走出傷痛
日期：2020年10月6日
來源：聯合國難民署
Mayerlín Vergara Pérez因其致力幫助年輕的性暴力倖存者重獲新生的努力，而榮獲南森難民獎。孩子們有些來自街頭、有些從妓院和酒吧中被解救出來，亦有許多是難民，更有的被人口販賣組織操控，被迫遭受性剝削。Maye說：「對我來說，這個獎項象徵給一眾男孩和女孩一個機會。」她希望獎項能證明這一點：「性暴力倖存者也有能力改變命運，為家庭和社會帶來正面的影響。這是絕對有可能實現的。」
評論及資源
研究：聯合國報告揭示人口販運與強迫婚姻之間的聯繫
日期：2020年10月7日
來源：聯合國新聞
聯合國毒品和犯罪問題辦公室（UNODC）7日發布的報告記錄了人口販運與婚姻之間的相互關係，並向各國政府提供應對建議。報告稱，大多數以婚姻為目的的販運案件都涉及來自弱勢家庭的年輕女性受害者，有的年僅12歲。她們被迫接受的所謂「婚姻」通常由家庭成員、婚禮代理或經紀人安排，以換取經濟或物質利益。這類販運中只有一小部分案件成功引起警方關注，而最終定罪的案件很少。
研究：全球2900萬婦女淪現代奴隸
日期：2020年10月11日
來源：星島日報
根據最新報告的統計，全球有二千九百萬婦女為現代奴隸的受害者，比澳洲的人口還多，她們遭受逼害的方式包括被逼工、逼婚，淪為債奴與家奴等。人權團體「自由行基金會」聯合創辦人佛瑞斯特稱，這意味着如今每一百三十個婦女中，就有一個陷入現代奴隸的處境。佛瑞斯特在聯合國記者會上說：「實情是當今生活在奴隸制中的人，比人類史上任何時候都還要多。」
評論：國際品牌商力推移工「零付費」改革，台灣廠商和仲介跟得上嗎？
日期：2020年10月21日
來源：報導者
2010-2012年，富士康位於深圳的工廠，總共發生18起工人跳樓或其他形式的自殺行為，引發國際媒體關注。事後，戴爾、惠普、聯想、索尼都被陸續揭發合作的國外代工廠的勞動環境惡劣。為了挽救電子行業搖搖欲墜的聲譽，全球最大電子消費品聯盟「責任商業聯盟」（RBA）在2019年，進一步向全球供應商發布關於仲介費的行為準則，以確保「所有勞工不應為了被雇用而支付任何費用，尤其是外籍移工」…
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STOP. 中文電子報每月出版，旨在向本港打擊販運人口的社區提供最新的新聞和資源。如你有反人口販運的資訊想透過本報發放，請聯絡 NEWS@STOPHK.ORG。本電子報內容並不反映 STOP. 的立場，謝謝您對本組織的支持。STOP. 是 希望枝子有限公司 (BRANCHES OF HOPE) 其中一個項目，旨在對抗人口販運。本組織與其他名稱類同的反人口販運組織並無關連。
THIS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY STOP TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE (STOP), PROVIDING YOU WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE NEWS, EVENTS AND RESOURCES RELATED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING. FOR DAILY UPDATES, VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
HIGHLIGHTS
Thank you Hong Kong Free Press!
STOP spoke with Hong Kong Free Press earlier this month on the criminalization of migrant trafficking victims in Hong Kong. Here are three takeaways from the article:
- Criminal exploitation is a form of modern slavery. Victims of forced criminality are controlled by organized criminals to work in activities such as drug dealing, pickpocketing, financial frauds.
- There is no single profile of a trafficking victim. Ｍale and LGBT+ people are no less vulnerable to human trafficking.
- Hunger strike by detainees at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre as a protest against the Immigration Department’s indefinite detention and inhumane treatment of non-refoulment claimants continues for third month.
HONG KONG
Hong Kong domestic worker loses legal bid to overturn compulsory live-in rule
Date: 21 September 2020
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
The Court of Appeal rejected Filipino domestic worker Nancy Almorin Lubiano’s appeal against her unsuccessful legal challenge in 2018, which sought to overturn the compulsory live-in rule. In a statement, Daly & Associates said the firm was disappointed with the judgement and called it a “judicial stamp” that dismissed foreign domestic workers as “not worthy” of the basic rights enjoyed by others living and working in Hong Kong.
Access the article here.
Read more: Pictures from the inside — Investigating living accommodation of women foreign domestic workers towards advocacy and action
ASIA
The world’s top suppliers of disposable gloves are thriving because of the pandemic. Their workers aren’t.
Date: 12 September 2020
Source: CNN
Demand for disposable gloves has surged during the coronavirus pandemic as health care workers rush to secure the supplies they need to treat the disease and protect themselves. The Malaysia-based Top Glove and its local rivals have benefited enormously from that need. But with extra demand comes renewed scrutiny of how these Malaysian companies treat their workers, particularly foreign staff recruited from neighboring countries. Labor rights activists who spoke to CNN Business said that practices reported by former workers contain elements of forced labor.
U.S. restricts Chinese apparel and tech products, citing forced labor
Date: 14 September 2020
Source: The New York Times
The Trump administration announced new restrictions on imports of apparel, hair products and technology goods from certain Chinese companies. The measure would allow U.S. customs agents to detain and potentially destroy goods brought into the country that are made by the named companies or entities in Xinjiang, a far western region where China has detained as many as a million Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in internment camps and prisons.
Access the article here.
Read more: Pandemic complicates supplier audits, increases modern slavery risk in Asian manufacturing hubs
Cybersex trafficking is a ‘family-based crime’
Date: 14 September 2020
Source: Back End News
“I like to run around the yard with my friends, I like to color, I like to make jewelry and I like reading.” In 2016, along with other children in her family, Rosie was “supervised” by her mother and aunt to perform sexual acts for a paying customer watching through the webcam. The 11-year-old was later rescued by the police and the International Justice Mission (IJM)-Cebu from online sexual exploitation. According to a study, which examined cases from 2011 to 2017, online sexual exploitation of children was typically a family-based crime, with 41% of traffickers being biological parents and 42% being other relatives.
GLOBAL
Escape: the woman who brought her trafficker to justice
Date: 27 August 2020
Source: The Guardian
Thousands of young women leave home in Nigeria every year on the promise of a good job in Europe, only to be trapped by debt and forced into prostitution. But one joined forces with investigators in Italy to expose the traffickers.
Minimum wage, no NOC: Qatar announces changes to labour law
Date: 30 August 2020
Source: Aljazeera
Qatar has scrapped a rule requiring employers’ consent to change jobs and said it will also implement a basic monthly minimum wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals (HK$2100). The landmark announcement by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs on 30 August is the latest in a series of labour reforms by the country whose treatment of migrant workers and its human rights record have been under the spotlight since it was awarded the hosting of football’s 2022 FIFA World Cup.
‘A race against time’: the new law putting Somalia’s children at risk of marriage
Date: 3 September 2020
Source: The Guardian
According to the latest government figures, 34% of Somali girls are married before they reach 18, and 16% of them before their 15th birthday. Marriage under 18 is not illegal in Somalia, although the constitution prohibits it and the country is signed up to several international treaties promising to tackle it. However, last month, the Somali parliament tabled a controversial bill that would allow a child to be married once they reached puberty, which can mean 10 years old. The sexual intercourse related crimes bill would also allow marriage if parents consented. The UN has called the bill “deeply flawed”.
RESOURCES
Report: Coming clean — A study on the well-being of Bangladeshi conservancy workers in Singapore
Date: 31 August 2020
Source: Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME)
Conservancy workers are essential workers who maintain Singapore’s high-rise public housing estates, ensuring that they remain clean and habitable. Coming Clean is a report by HOME that details the findings of the research and HOME’s recommendations as regards the working lives of Bangladeshi conservancy workers (BCWs). Key struggles faced by BCWs include excessive debt burdens, depressed wages, long working hours, heavy workloads, a lack of rest day, and restricted access to medical care.
Report: Childhood criminal exploitation and school exclusions
Date: 4 September 2020
Source: Together
The report is based on Just for Kids Law’s casework with vulnerable children in the UK over many years, and includes the stories of young people for whom school exclusion was a tipping point into exploitation at a moment when they could have been protected from harm. It highlights the fact that there is currently no legal safeguard for young people from school exclusion linked to criminal exploitation. This worrying gap in protection leaves excluded children at risk of falling into the control of criminals seeking to exploit them and puts their future, welfare and safety in danger.
Read the report here.
Read more: Underground lives — Criminal exploitation of adult victims
Documentary: Egypt’s organ traffickers — ‘I woke up screaming’
Date: 14 September 2020
Source: BBC
A BBC investigation has spoken to an organ trafficker who said his gang arranges 20-30 illegal kidney transplants every week. The kidneys are mostly sold by African migrants and refugees who are trying to raise money to get from Egypt to Europe. But the senior gang member told BBC Panorama that almost half of the donors don’t get paid after the operation. The Egyptian government says it has won international praise for the way it is combatting the crime.
Watch the film here.
Read more: Organ trafficking in Egypt—‘They locked me in and took my kidney’
Resource: Nurses have a role in protecting victims of human trafficking
Date: 21 September 2020
Source: Australian College of Nursing
For every one victim of human trafficking and modern slavery in Australia, another four go undetected. Nurses are on the front line and can potentially help identify and protect vulnerable people who are being exploited and harmed. The ACN Human Trafficking Position Statement provides nurses with key indicators which will alert them to potential victims enabling nurses to provide safe advice and sensitively support people they believe may be victims of human trafficking.
Access the press release here.
Read the statement here.
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STOP 月初接受香港英文網媒《香港自由新聞》訪問，討論有關人口販運受害移工在香港被視為罪犯的問題。報導重點包括：
- 犯罪剝削是現代奴役的其中一種形式。犯罪集團往往利用受害人的弱勢處境，操縱他們進行販毒、盜竊、詐騙等犯罪活動。
- 人口販運受害者的面貌不止一種。男性及LGBT人士同樣可能成為人口販運受害者。
- 青山灣入境事務中心（CIC）羈留人士發動絕食抗議，要求香港入境事務處結束無限期羈留，至今已持續進行三個月。
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香港
外傭挑戰與僱主同住規定遭駁回 上訴庭：外傭無居留權 不能依國際公約申索
日期：2020年9月21日
來源：立場新聞
有外籍傭工早前向高等法院申請司法覆核，挑戰現時外籍家庭傭工計劃中，要求外傭必須與僱主同住的規定，上訴庭21日頒下判詞裁定外傭敗訴。代表申請人的帝理律師行發表聲明，指同住的要求是對本地海外勞工的系統性歧視，以之改正必須依靠法院落實有關人士的恰當、正確權利。遺憾地上訴庭只是再確立在《基本法》和《經濟，社會，文化權利國際公約》中關於人權的規定，將繼續被取消任何實際意義和效力。
亞洲
「你們、我們」思維的代價：新加坡疫情，為何因移工宿舍感染失控？
日期：2020年8月30日
來源：報導者
新加坡自1月21日出現第一起COVID-19確診案例後，在沒有封鎖邊境、持續各類經濟活動的狀態下，維持了2個多月的低確診案例狀態。然而，3月30日開始，事情出現變化，專門給外籍移工居住的宿舍赫然成了疫情焦點。新加坡外交部巡迴大使許通美在他的Facebook上直批，新加坡對待外籍移工的方式不是第一世界，而是第三世界，「這些宿舍就像定時炸彈一般。」
高雄少女失蹤案背後 是數位性別暴力的巨大黑影
日期：2020年9月2日
來源：聯合新聞網
「高雄少女失蹤案」震驚全台，誘拐集團先和被害人成為網友，長期聊天放線，再以提供優渥工作的名義騙得少女見面，趁機監禁。今年七月，台南也有一名賴姓男子假扮女性，透過遊戲 Line 群組認識男女童並提供點數卡、虛擬裝備，取得對方信任後誘騙他們拍攝自慰影像。面對網絡危機，抗拒網路、污名化「情慾自主」並非正解，建立起完善的預防思維，認識各型態的「數位性別暴力」才能避免憾事繼續發生。
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抵制中國強迫勞動，美海關對新疆部分商品祭「暫扣令」
日期：2020年9月15日
來源：關鍵評論
美國海關與邊境保護局14日宣布對部分來自新疆的服飾、棉製品、髮製品與1家安徽企業生產的電腦零件發布暫扣令。美國海關與邊境保護局（CBP）指控這些商品的生產過程中涉嫌強迫勞動生產，侵犯維吾爾族或其他少數族裔人權。CBP代理局長摩根（Mark Morgan）表示，發布的暫扣令是在向國際社會發出明確訊息，指美國不會容忍供應鏈中有非法、不人道與剝削性的強迫勞動行為。
國際
【卡法拉制】卡達廢10年剝削法 世足建設移工終獲解脫
日期：2020年9月2日
來源：上報
卡達勞工及社會事務發展行政部（MADLSA）上月30日大舉革新當地勞工法規，將遭國際撻伐的「卡法拉制（Kafala System）」中剝削勞工權益部分撤銷，使移工能在約聘到期前主動換工作、提高每月最低薪資至1000里亞爾（約港幣2千元），更加以提供基本生活津貼，奠定阿拉伯地區移工僱傭關係改革里程碑。
英國集裝箱案：越南判處4人籌劃非法移民入獄，39名偷渡者去年慘死
日期：2020年9月16日
來源：BBC 中文
去年10月，39名越南人在英國艾塞克斯（Essex）郡被發現死於一輛貨車中。根據越南媒體《VnExpress》，越南政府本月15日針對此案，在越南河靜省進行了為期一天的審判後，四名被告被以「籌劃和中介非法移民」判刑。這四名被告，年齡在24至36歲之間，被判處兩年半至七年半的徒刑。另外有涉案三人被判緩刑。
疫情重創生計1.5億兒童陷入貧困 童工問題恐復燃
日期：2020年9月21日
來源：自由時報
根據聯合國兒童基金會統計，儘管近年童工率下降，但印度仍有約1010萬兒童處於某種形式的奴役狀態。童工遍布印度各種行業，包括磚窯、地毯製造、成衣製造、農業、漁業和採礦業。今年全球經濟受疫情嚴重打擊，聯合國統計，約1.5億兒童因此陷入貧困。印度兒童人權運動家、諾貝爾和平獎得主沙提雅提則擔憂，成千上萬的兒童恐陷入奴隸、童工、童婚和販運的危機中。
評論及資源
觀點：移工安靜不是因為愚笨，而是因為許多人毫無選擇
日期：2020年9月5日
來源：移人Migrants’ Park
Etik來自印尼東爪哇的勿里達。2000年，因家中弟妹眾多，沒錢生活，18歲的Etik在房間裡靜靜燒毀了她的大學獎學金通知書，到首都雅加達市郊的非法職訓中心準備去新加坡工作。這是她的宿命。移民工文學獎得主Etik在《編織宿命》寫一個在職訓中心的移工伊卡逃跑的故事。為什麼想寫？她在文章簡介裡寫道，剝削在移工到目的國家工作之前就已經存在，所以她把它寫下來。
紀錄片：被摘取器官的埃及非法移民：BBC偵查地下產業鏈如何剝削
日期：2020年9月16日
來源：BBC中文
BBC電視時事節目《廣角鏡》的偵查報道團隊在埃及首都開羅發現，當地有黑幫從事活體器官買賣，有人聲稱非法腎臟移植的交易密度達每周20至30項手術。記者發現，願意出賣腎臟的大多為滯留當地的非洲移民和難民，他們希望以此籌集路費，前往歐洲。但有份參與買賣的一名黑幫頭目向BBC記者承認，許多人被摘取器官後遭拖欠報酬，求助無門。
廣播：【女孩悲歌】不由人願的童婚
日期：2020年9月22日
來源：SBS Language
根據聯合國計劃生育協會的數據，在全球，每分鐘就有23名18歲以下的女孩結婚。而隨著新冠大流行持續，疫情帶來的經濟影響，恐令這種情況加劇。在接下來的十年中，預計會有1300萬宗童婚。但與此同時，愈來愈多人攜手對此作出反抗，有些參與者更會使你意外。
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HONG KONG
A newborn was found auctioned online
Date: 31 July 2020
Source: Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights
The recent case of a 1-month-old newborn being auctioned online hits hard on the collective conscience of the entire community. This particular case has reflected Hong Kong’s need for a proactive legal and social protection framework which covers hidden and new areas of harm towards children. While there are laws covering child abduction, child pornography and other crimes in Hong Kong, there is no comprehensive anti-trafficking law that covers all forms of trafficking, including child trafficking.
Access the article here.
Read more: 1-month-old baby offered for sale on Carousell at HK$10,000.
ASIA
Survivors of trafficking will receive health insurance cards free
Date: 3 August 2020
Source: VietnamPlus
“Victims of human trafficking who are uninsured will be granted health insurance cards free of charge. In case they are seriously ill, the cost of medical examination and treatment at the medical facilities will be exercised in line with health insurance regulations.” These proposals are part of a draft decree initiated by Vietnam’s Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), which details the execution of some articles of the Law on Human Trafficking Prevention and Combat. Deputy Minister of MOLISA said the compiling of the decree was necessary to ensure that human trafficking victims receive comprehensive support and can reintegrate into the community in a sustainable manner.
South Korean authorities encourage men to marry foreign women. But their brides often become victims of abuse
Date: 5 August 2020
Source: CNN
Trinh was 29 years old and her future husband was in his 50s. She only spoke Vietnamese, he spoke Korean. Despite the communication barrier, the union went ahead and she moved to South Korea to be with her husband. Three months after that, she was dead. Trinh is one of the thousands of Vietnamese women to marry South Korean men through matchmakers who set up brides with grooms. Some couples have happy marriages. But many foreign brides who meet men this way have become victims of discrimination, domestic violence and even murder at the hands of their husbands.
India faces lost generation as virus pushes children to work
Date: 10 August 2020
Source: Bloomberg
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing India’s children out of school and into farms and factories to work, worsening a child-labor problem that was already one of the most dire in the world. 16 year old Maheshwari Munkalapally and her 15 year old sister stopped attending lessons when the economy was brought to a halt during the world’s biggest lockdown. Munkalapally’s mother and older sister lost their jobs as housemaids in Hyderabad. The younger girls, who had been living with their grandmother in a nearby village, were forced to become farmhands along with their mother, in order to survive.
GLOBAL
How the Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by the women it was meant to help
Date: 28 July 2020
Source: CNN
Gloria, an undocumented migrant worker, is one of seven women who say they were exploited or physically assaulted by Kenya’s Honorary Consul in Lebanon, Sayed Chalouhi, and his assistant Kassem Jaber, both Lebanese nationals. Another domestic worker, Linda, told CNN that Chalouhi suggested she do sex work to save up for her repatriation fees — and that when she instead turned to cleaning his office for money, he refused to pay her…
No pay, no freedom: Brazil struggles to rescue maids from slavery
Date: 13 August 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Whenever Elisa goes out in her small town in northeastern Brazil, she fears seeing the family she once considered her own. After almost three decades of domestic work with no pay and little freedom, Elisa realized she was a slave and plotted to escape the household where she had lived since the age of seven. The 38-year-old was rescued in 2018 after alerting the authorities and has started to build a new life. But a reminder of her captivity, fear and exploitation is never too far away.
Magnum reviewing archive as concerns raised about images of child sexual exploitation
Date: 14 August 2020
Source: The Guardian
Magnum Photos, one of the world’s most celebrated photographic agencies, is to re-examine the content of its archive of more than 1 million images after accusations it made available photographs that critics said may show the sexual exploitation of minors. Issues were raised by two articles on the Fstoppers photography website, amplified on social media, which accused Magnum of promoting sexually explicit images of children, featuring nudity, and encounters with clients that the website suggested constituted a record of acts of child sexual abuse.
Access the article here.
Read more: Reporting guidelines to protect children.
RESOURCES
Opinion: Sustainable funds must work harder to vet their investments
Date: 4 August 2020
Source: Financial Times
It should have been a vindication for the sustainable investment industry. Shares in fast fashion retailer Boohoo lost a third of their value last month after allegations that workers in its UK supply chain were paid £3.50 an hour. Here was the proof that by avoiding companies exposed to environmental, social and governance risks you could also avoid losing money.
Access the article here.
Read more: Sanctions on China’s top cotton supplier weave a tangled web for fashion brands.
Documentary: Japan’s schoolgirl pin-ups
Date: 9 August 2020
Source: Unreported World
These schoolgirls are trying to make it as pop stars, performing in front of audiences who are older and very male. But is it a quirk of Japanese culture or something more sinister? Reporter Marcel Theroux and Director Liam Nolan meet 11-year-old Yune as she broadcasts live from her home to her fans and performs with other idols at live shows. They also meet some of her fans, many of whom are middle-aged men.
Opinion: Garment workers cannot foot the bill for the pandemic
Date: 19 August 2020
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
With shops closing and people staying at home, the pandemic has changed how we shop but also how garment workers live. The order cancellations and lockdowns that followed the pandemic caused workers to be underpaid for their labour, or not be paid at all for months. During this crisis, major high street brands sourcing from Pakistan such as H&M, Primark, Walmart, C&A, and Bestseller have failed to protect their workers. Their billionaire owners have made fortunes from these workers’ low-paid labour, but are now leaving workers in the cold.
Documentary: Italy’s Sikh slaves
Date: 20 August 2020
Source: Aljazeera
The vast agricultural plains of the Agro-Pontino in central Italy is now one of the country’s main areas of food production. Yet it was not always the case. This 100 mile-long stretch of land facing the Tyrrhenian Sea was marshland until a century ago when fascist dictator Benito Mussolini organised a mass migration from northern Italy to drain the swamps and turn them into fertile farmland. But many of those who live there today are not Italian. Mostly Sikhs from Punjab in northern India, they are economic migrants who have come here to work in local farms and send money home to give their families a better life. Some manage to do just that. But for many others, their dreams are crushed.
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