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Consider for a moment what you would do if you found a letter from a victim of human trafficking in one of the items you bring home from a local discount store. While we often think of those being trafficked as women who are forced to work as prostitutes or who are kidnapped and brought from one country to another. However, those who are forced to work in conditions that provide less than a living wage are also victims of … Continue reading
“Trapped By Tradition: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary” is the one thing you must watch on TV this weekend. Hosted by Anil Kapoor, an actor and producer from India, the documentary exposes a horrifying tradition in the district of Bharatpur in India. Families regularly sell women and girls into the sex trade. In the documentary, you will hear from those women who truly are trapped by tradition. Illiteracy, poverty and being a part of the sex trade make such injustices … Continue reading
In the past couple of weeks, I have heard some amazing stories about human trafficking. A very popular restaurant in the city I live in was fined for the working conditions it imposed on employees in two of its locations, conditions that boiled down to human slavery. Another story I read about was a female traveler who stopped a trafficker in his tracks because she noticed that the small child he was traveling with seemed drugged. Yet another story was … Continue reading
Original post by Lindsay Sullivan of SET Boutique on July 13, 2011 Image: scottchan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I am a huge fan of cotton. I always have been. It reminds me of clean, crisp laundry on a breezy summer day. Unfortunately the reality is that cotton harvesting can be quite detrimental to the environment and to human rights. The use of pesticides is toxic for the soil, ground water, and the people who inhale it. Organic cotton eliminates pesticides, but cotton … Continue reading
