Curbing Human Trafficking in Kazakstan
Region: KazakhstanGovernment needs to do more to combat sexual exploitation and forced labour. By Almaz Kumenov People-smuggling and forced labour are thriving in Kazakstan, and lacklustre respons... more
Views: 1675Migrant worker died due to carelessness of authorities in Nepal
Region: Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bhunti Maya Magar is one of the foreign migrant workers who had returned to Nepal from Saudi Arab who died on August 20th Saturday morning at 1:45 AM in Teaching Hospital. She started ... more
Views: 1899Obert Madondo’s homeless shelter experience: My wallet is gone!
Region: Canada
It happened March 24, 2011at 7.55a.m. right here at the Maxwell Meighen men's homeless shelter in Toronto, where I've been trapped for the last three weeks. I blinked for one second and my wallet disappeared. My credit ca... more
Views: 1543Obert Madondo’s homeless shelter experience: I'm responsible for my "survival"
Region: CanadaI’ve been in the shelter for two weeks now. Surviving the homeless shelter situation, I’m finding out, is about me and my outlook on life. First, I remind myself – every second of every day – I&rsq... more
Views: 1702Obert Madondo’s CAP AIDS Ordeal: My First Night at the Homeless Shelter
Region: CanadaAs reported here, my landlord successfully applied to the Landlordand Tenant Board here in Toronto to evict me. The eviction came into effect on Monday, February 28. Late Tuesday, I moved into the Maxwell Meighen Center,... more
Views: 1378Enforcing Prostitution - In The Name Of 'Tradition'!
Region: India
In India, it’s the age of women empowerment. In Uttar Pradesh – the country’s most politically powerful state, there is a Dalit(‘lower’caste) woman chief minister. But in the same state ... more
Views: 3010The Human Body : The Great Commodity Exchange
Region: IndiaEvery year, The U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 mandates the State Department to report as a way of combating human trafficking around the world and punishing those responsible, the annual Trafficking in ... more
Views: 2143Nepal Brothels Ignore Government Curfew
Region: NepalNight brothels mostly run by affiliates of smuggling networks have utterly disobeyed home ministry's order to close after 11 p.m. The brothels, in the name of serving night customers, have been extremely exploiting destitu... more
Views: 4084Indian subjects in clinical trials are vulnerable lot
Region: IndiaThe government of India enacted a new rule that allows foreign pharmaceutical companies and other interested parties to conduct trials of new drugs in India during the same time that trials of the same phase are being cond... more
Views: 2374Singapore Considers Allowing Organ Trading
Region: Singapore
Posted by Mong Palatino to Global Voices Online An important debate is raging in Singapore: Should government legalize organ trade? The debate began last month when two young Indonesians were arrested and jailed for tryin... more
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