Sentences with phrase «day slavery around»

Born out of N ot For Sale, a non-profit with the mission to eradicate modern - day slavery around the world, the organization built REBBL as a self - sustaining business that would source ingredients from the Peruvian Amazon to improve the local community.

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As many have noted, this happened just before the first annual International Day of the Girl, meant to highlight gender inequity around the world — particularly as it concerns lack of education, child brides, and slavery.

Ricketts» time in the fashion industry opened her eyes to unexpected ethical questions, particularly around the issue of modern day slavery, and how the demand for more goods at lower prices perpetuated such labor practices.

Welp, it's Columbus Day, and while your grade school textbook probably filled you in on the basics (he sailed across the Atlantic ocean blue in 1492 to «discover» the «New World,» etc.), there were also a few, uhm, less - than - pleasant outcomes to his journeys around the Americas — namely slavery, genocide, widespread disease, and generally tyrannical behavior.

My brother has written about Modern Day Slavery and how being in debt can be likened to shackles around the ankles of the average consumer.