Tag: Human trafficking
Philippine bishops declare annual’ observance of national day of prayer vs...
“The move will further help protect the Filipinos against human trafficking, especially our people on the move,” said Bishop Santos
Climate change increases human trafficking risks: UN
In 2021 alone, climate-related disasters internally displaced more than 23.7 million people, while many others fled their countries
Three life sentences each for human trafficking and child abuse
Where are the organized, militant Catholic internet “trolls” for human rights and child protection?
Cardinal Bo of Myanmar warns of impending dangers of ‘new forms...
Cardinal Bo said the Church is confronted with a new unsettling reality impacting thousands of the most vulnerable
Catholic nun in India calls for probe into reported sale of...
A report on The Hindu newspaper on April 6 described how supposedly poor mothers sell infants, citing two cases in the first week of April
Human trafficking in Cambodia nearly doubled in 2021
In its 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, the US State Department placed Cambodia on its Tier 2 Watchlist for the third consecutive year
At age 14, “I sensed that I was being sold for...
Human trafficking for commercial sex continues to be a challenge in India, but since 2018, a Catholic project has been able to rescue 10,161 victims
Bangladesh Church leaders cite need to work hard against human trafficking
There have been estimates that about 200,000 Bangladeshi women and children have been trafficked out of the country in the last 10 years
Pope Francis: Human trafficking has created ‘an open wound on the...
The pope condemned both the human trafficking of laborers and sex trafficking, which he said relegates women to “dispensers of pleasure”
Debt-trapped Lao ‘chat girls’ forced to sell sex in China-run economic...
Many women in the debt trap have attempted to reach out to Lao authorities for help
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