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noun
- 1. the unlawful act of transporting or coercing people in order to benefit from their work or service, typically in the form of forced labour or sexual exploitation: "she is a victim of human trafficking"
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1 hour ago · Children represent a significant proportion of trafficking victims worldwide, with girls being disproportionately affected. Additionally, children are twice as likely to face violence during trafficking than adults, according to the UNODC's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (GLOTIP). Regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean bear a ...
1 hour ago · A few examples are Litfin dealing with advocacy coalitions in the case of globalization and Canadian climate change policy; Farquharson examining global tobacco advocacy networks; Pralle Footnote 11 on the internationalization of Canadian forest, supporting the theory of ‘venue shopping’, too; Zippel Footnote 12 on a TAN involving advocates and policy expertise regarding sexual harassment ...
1 day ago · The Government is being urged to quickly develop guidelines for the introduction of a long-awaited system to identify victims of human trafficking.. Until the establishment of a new referral ...
1 hour ago · The Ministry of Women and Human Rights was responsible for managing protection services for women and the 45 "Violeta Centres", which offered specialised care to victims of gender-based violence, trafficking and other vulnerable groups.
1 day ago · Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies.
1 day ago · A bus plummeted into a ravine in southern Peru Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding another 20, said police in the Andean country plagued by deadly road accidents. The bus with more than 40 occupants was headed from Lima to the Andean region of Ayacucho when it veered off a cliff about 200 meters (656 feet) high in the early morning ...
1 day ago · MILWAUKEE — A top Donald Trump campaign adviser on Tuesday complained that President Joe Biden’s repeated criticism of Trump as a “threat to democracy” because of his coup attempt was an incitement to violence. “They call him ‘Hitler,’ say he has a war on democracy,” Chris LaCivita, who along with Susie Wiles manages Trump’s ...
