What cocoa farmers told us they need
| May 21, 2023 News Digest |
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| Supply chain I visited cocoa farmers in West Africa. Here’s what they told me. Our Executive Director Joanna Ewart-James recently made a trip to the world’s leading cocoa producer country, Côte d’Ivoire, together with Fuzz Kitto from our partner organization, Be Slavery Free. They spoke to cocoa-farming communities to better understand the challenges they face and the solutions they are calling for. Here is what they told them. Read more… |
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| Human Alarming rise in modern slavery reports in U.K. care sector New data reveals the number of potential modern slavery victims in the U.K. reached a record high last year with an alarming spike in reports of labor exploitation in health and social care providers like care homes. Migrant workers report withheld wages, long hours and being charged illegal recruitment fees. Read more… |
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| Anti-slavery activists David Yambio: “EU policy is killing us” “We have been killed, we have been raped, we have been tortured, we have been extorted, and we have been put to forced labor,” says David Yambio, Libya survivor and advocate. Listen to his urgent call on the EU to stop supporting violence, torture and forced labor in Libya. Read more… |
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