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Former slaves are key to warning women of trafficking risks - campaigners
LONDON, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women and girls who have been exploited or enslaved while working abroad can play a leading role in saving their peers back home from modern slavery, activists said on Wednesday.
Yazidi sex slave uses international stage to put spotlight on trafficking
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Yazidi woman imprisoned and raped by Islamic State fighters said she had no idea about the scourge of human trafficking until she found herself enslaved with thousands of other women.
Transgender Saudi man speaks out publicly for first time to help others
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As a transgender man from Saudi Arabia, where his identity could see him jailed and flogged, Salman Al-Dukheil waited decades before speaking out about who he is - or who he was.
Lured by power, female extremists prove hardest to help - expert
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women who join violent extremists such as Nigeria's Boko Haram are lured by the promise of power and influence they otherwise would not get in their everyday lives, a top expert said on Thursday.
Surge in online sex trade of children challenges anti-slavery campaigners
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Technology has fuelled a surge in the buying and selling of children online for sexual abuse with advertising a child on the internet as "easy as booking an airfare", campaigners told an anti-slavery conference in London.
UPDATE 1-Two tech companies win first Stop Slavery Award after workforce scrutiny
LONDON, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two multi-national tech companies previously questioned over labour and workforce conditions have won a new global award for turning the spotlight onto their own supply chains to eradicate modern day slavery from their operations.
REFILE-Two tech companies win first Stop Slavery Award after workforce scrutiny
LONDON, Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two multi-national tech companies previously questioned over labour and workforce conditions won a new global award on Wednesday for turning the spotlight onto their own supply chains to eradicate modern day slavery from their operations.
World's growing inequality is 'ticking time bomb' - Nobel laureate Yunus
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The widening gap between rich and poor around the world is a "ticking time bomb" threatening to explode into social and economic unrest if left unchecked, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said on Thursday.
Leading by example, Ghanaian business mentor urges African women to smash stereotypes
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Young female African entrepreneurs must speak out and act as role models to inspire other women to shake up a profession dominated by white men, according to the co-founder of a business helping women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
INTERVIEW-World's growing inequality is "ticking time bomb" - Nobel laureate Yunus
LONDON, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The widening gap between rich and poor around the world is a "ticking time bomb" threatening to explode into social and economic unrest if left unchecked, Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus said on Thursday.