Category Archives: Forced Labor
Teaching children about forced child labor is a tough. While it happens, in America it is rarely seen when we are out and about. Plus, parents don’t usually want to scare their kids. The topic of forced child labor is scary – that it happens and the means used to keep children enslaved are brutal. However, our children are usually better able to empathize than we as adults are. A good resource for engaging children in the topic of forced … Continue reading
We spend billions of dollars during the holidays to show others that we love them. However, the majority of what we buy in department stores, discount stores, and online is tainted with exploited labor. Men, women, and children are forced, beaten, and chained to make the things that give us momentary pleasure. This Christmas can be different. Raven + Lily Is Empowering Women Raven + Lily designs are created by marginalized women in Ethiopia who have HIV/AIDS and in Northern … 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
Owners of Aloun Farms in Oahu, which is a major supplier of fruits and vegetables pled guilty to human trafficking. Alex and Mike Sou recruited Thai nationals, who mortgaged homes/land for $20,000 to travel to Hawaii to work Aloun Farms for a better income. Contracts stated that the workers make over $9 an hour. In the end, the workers didn’t make the promised wages. The workers lived in storage compartments behind locked fences on the farm. The employees passports and … Continue reading
