Sentences with phrase «in modern day slavery»

Each piece of BRANDED collective jewelry has a unique number on it that represents one of the millions of people trapped in modern day slavery.

We find ourselves in modern day slavery.

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In its release describing the initiative, the Attorney General's office cited examples of pimps and sex trafficking rings who posted pictures of minors on websites like Backpage and Craigslist, describing the practice as «modern day slavery.»

«I am delighted he will be joining me to urge business leaders to combat modern day slavery and exploitation in the supply chain.

How ironic that such a peaceful mantra would actually serve to cause even more grief and suffering (let me point at the middle east for example, KKK, slavery in the U.S. (to some extent), Holocaust and other forms of religious persecution, and finally the manipulation of peasants to fill up the coffers of child molesting Popes... which makes modern politicians of this day look like a Saint).

If you find yourself incredulous that slavery could still exist in modern day America, you need to read this story.

There are a good % of the world's population living under dictatorships and another big % that are in actual modern day slavery.

Christian charity Care described it as a «landmark» moment in the fight against modern day slavery.

CARE Northern Ireland Policy Officer Mark Baillie said: «This is a landmark moment in the fight against modern day slavery.

The answers will touch on slavery, colonialism, modern day corruption, crime and drug addiction, the lack of equity in international development, human ignorance, greed, and many other things.

Similarly, Taken starring Liam Neeson, pushed the public conversation in 2008 toward modern day sex slavery, in a way that no book release or news coverage could have.

After a conference in which the ministers were falling over themselves to praise Theresa May's action in promoting the Modern Day Slavery Act, it's shocking that the government is pressing forward with a scheme that gives rogue landlords more power over vulnerable migrants, and creates a two - tier housing market for British and non-British people.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway is expected to appear before Parliament amidst issues about modern - day slavery in Libya.

That would encourage teachers to receive special training to help their students learn about modern - day slavery in a sensitive and engaging way.

«The important thing is to let men, women and children know that modern - day slavery exists here in Britain and needs to be stamped out.

The National Health Students» Association Of Ghana (NAHSAG) has described as «modern day slavery» the initiative by government to contract the services of some unemployed graduate nurses under the Nation Builders Corps programme, in a module called Heal Ghana.

Critics compared the legal - financing industry to mob loan - sharking and modern - day slavery during a hearing Wednesday into the controversial practice of paying plaintiffs cash in advance against potential lawsuit settlements.

And, if you know me, you know that this is a cause I am passionate about and so I am all about supporting brands, businesses, and organizations that are in the fight against modern day slavery.

Almost simultaneously, Finkel himself is packing up his desk at the Times, having been fired for fudging details in a cover story on modern - day child slavery in Africa.

«Our focus is ending modern - day slavery in product supply chains through education,» Ricketts says, noting that only 2 percent of the clothes bought in the United States are made here.

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.

Last year we read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, a former slave turned abolitionist and juxtaposed its reading with a viewing of Ava Duvernay's prolific documentary «13th,» which discusses modern - day slavery in the guise of mass incarceration and its direct correlation to a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

Three children band together to escape a life of slavery on a cacao farm in the modern - day Ivory Coast.

The horrid conditions explored in Cash's novel, The Last Ballad, seem near slavery to a modern worker: 12 - hour shifts 6 - days a week, company housing and company stores that consumed every dollar earned, and poor or nonexistent medical care and workmen's compensation in...

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.

Vertigo Sea, a triptych video installation on show at the Arnolfini in Bristol, weaves the greed and horror of the whaling industry together with that of slavery and modern - day migration.

Prison and the disciplinary society, Byron as a modern day celebrity, the digital and agricultural commons, culture after transatlantic slavery, and the legacies of «68 and Nottingham's radical past, were examined in projects at an Elizabethan hall, an empty shop, a unique medieval village, Byron's ancestral home and a former prison.

Rainforest Action Network has likened the situations faced by laborers in Indonesia and Malaysia to «modern - day slavery.»

CN: Modern day slavery, or human trafficking, may come in many forms.

The Australian Human Rights Commission presented the second of its seminar series celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, entitled «Modern Day Slavery in Australia: The Queen v Wei Tang».