Packed in “like razorblades”, children picked up on suspicion of involvement with Boko Haram are detained indefinitely in Giwa military barracks in Nigeria.
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Children in Jharkand risk their lives and their health mining mica destined for popular makeup and common household products. Is it better for brands to avoid the association with child labor altogether by using synthetic mica, leaving impoverished communities high and dry, or could there be a better way to ensure that children get an education and have a future in Jharkand?
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Children accused of affiliation with ISIS are being detained, and often tortured and prosecuted, regardless of their actual level of involvement with the group. This sweeping, punitive approach is not justice, and will create lifelong negative consequences for many of these children.
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People claw coal out of the ground by hand in Jharkand state in northern India. The health and educational impacts on the lives of poor children can hardly be overstated.
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Each day in India, 180 children go missing, stolen and trafficked into child labor. Two out of three of them will never be found.
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"If the sounds of gunshots were generated into song sales, Baltimore would’ve gone triple platinum by now." -Kondwani Fidel
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In rural Uttar Pradesh, one woman challenges men to cover their faces with veils and then successfully execute their work.
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According to official figures, over 100,000 women and 50,000 children remain untraced across India. Rupa Devi and her two daughters are one of the latest missing person cases dismissed by local police.
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Naresh Biswas, a community activist, has been working tirelessly with the Baigas of Baigachak for over two decades and has persuaded 700 families to return to their traditional farming and food cultures.
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A new Gallup survey reveals that 1 in 4 Indians fears losing their land or home. A beautiful film by the Place Project explores the meaning of home for indigenous and urban poor people and makes the argument for strengthening land rights of the poor.
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Women farmers offer a way to rethink our current food production system, which is heavily polluting and over-reliant on fossil fuels.
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The ABCs of Child Labor...15 products touched by child labor and child slavery. How many do you use?
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Here are two seemingly unrelated facts: Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries when it comes to the effects of climate change. Around 30% of girls in Bangladesh are married before their 15th birthday. Hidden Connections is a 20 minute documentary revealing how these two facts are intertwined.
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Australia is obliged to offer protection to refugees. Instead, many are processed at a detention centre on the remote, independent island of Nauru, 3,000km from Australia.
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Rare footage inside the refugee detention camps on Nauru shows the impact on children of indefinite captivity on the 21km square island nation of Nauru.
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The Greek coast guard goes out on a daily basis to rescue refugees from sinking boats. They feel as though they have been left to deal with an enormous humanitarian emergency by themselves, while more distant countries natter on about what to do and how many people they can be asked to absorb.
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