Bonded Labour

Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2019: International and national social crusaders to be recognised at prestigous award ceremony

Every year, Harmony Foundation focuses on a theme, which for 2019 is Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Wildlife Week 2019: Indian fisherfolk transitioning away from tradition is affecting fisheries nationwide

Commercial, industrialized fishing operations seek out migrant labour to fill their large manpower needs.

Adivasis and the Indian State: Tamil Nadu's Irular community battles govt apathy, police hostility in fight for identity

A majority of the Irular living in the plains stay along water bodies and are semi-nomadic.

Adivasis and the Indian State: Tribal groups particularly vulnerable to bonded labour, strict enforcement needed to prevent exploitation

People from Scheduled Tribes in rural areas are often lured with petty sums to work in labour-intensive units, and then treated like cattle.

Loan sharks in Satna's poverty-stricken villages of MP make a killing as Mawasis suffer under crippling debt

Scores of Mawasis like Rajju are still deprived of banking facilities and are wedged to take loans from unauthorised loan sharks.

Rescued from bondage, labourers contest in panchayat, ward polls to end illegal practice, bring positive change

It is still a distant dream for people rescued from bondage and bereft of basic human rights to come out and contest the Lok Sabha elections, but their entry into panchayat and ward elections is a positive step forward for India

US places India in Tier 2 list of human trafficking report, highlights insufficient efforts to end bonded labour, punish violators

The US on Thursday retained India in Tier 2 list of countries in its annual report on human trafficking, arguing that the country does not fully meet the minimum standards for its elimination even as it is making progress

After abuse from employers, rescued Jharkhand women now face abandonment from govt and discrimination from villagers

Girls are being rescued every day and sent back to Jharkhand, but none of them are properly rehabilitated

SC agrees to hear plea by bonded labourers in Bihar seeking ownership of agricultural land

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by 38 families living in bonded labour in Bihar's Madhubani, seeking direction for grant of ownership of land.

From malnutrion to rape: Millions in India suffer the horrors of slavery

On Tuesday, India topped a global slavery index counting some 18.35 million modern slaves — or 40 percent of a global total of 45.8 million.