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An independent UN human rights expert on Wednesday expressed concern over Canada's temporary foreign worker programmes, describing them as “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”. more
Dismantling racism today starts by understanding slavery’s ‘horrific’ past

Education is the “most powerful weapon” in the world’s arsenal to combat the brutal legacy of racism playing out today, the UN chief said on Monday, as the General Assem ...

Fight slavery’s 'legacy of racism' through education: Guterres

New York: Honouring the millions of Africans sold into slavery helps to restore dignity to people who were so mercilessly stripped of it, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said ...

Ground-breaking exhibit on slavery gives new generation ‘hope for humanity’

New York: A grain of rice, a golden collar, and a three-metre-long heavy wooden brace to trap ankles and necks shape part of a unique, interactive exhibit on slavery that just opened at U ...

Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief

New York: The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has s ...

50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO

Geneva: Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 m ...

Women and girls at high risk of being pushed into modern slavery

New York: Women and children are at high risk of being pushed into contemporary forms of slavery, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday.

Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing

NewYork: Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms of slavery and other exploitation due to the COVID-19 pan ...

Moving forward requires confronting slavery’s ‘racist legacy’: UN chief

New York : In his message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General called for ...

Scourge of slavery still claims 40 million victims worldwide, ‘must serve as a wakeup call’

New York, Sept 10(JEN): Incidents of modern-day slavery are “only likely to increase” as a result of some of biggest challenges facing the world today, a UN expert outlined in ...