NIGER APPEAL - VIRTUAL GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS - HELP US HELP THOSE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY SLAVERY

Anti-Slavery International's alternative gift shop provides the opportunity to give to a community of former slaves in a remote desert region of Niger.

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CALL TO END CULTURE OF CRIMINALISING TRAFFICKING VICTIMS

Anti-Slavery International welcomes the Government’s ratification of the Trafficking Convention yesterday evening (17 December 2008) but warns that there must now be an end to the culture of treating trafficked people as criminals rather than the victims of serious crime.

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** UPDATE **

GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON CLOSURE OF MET TRAFFICKING TEAM

On 4 Dec 2008 Justice Secretary Jack Straw announced that the MET Human Trafficking team would be saved from closure.

He announced that the unit will be funded by both the MET and Home Office for the next financial year with a review to guarantee future funding.

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NIGER CONDEMNED FOR SLAVERY

Niger has been found responsible of failing to protect 24-year-old Hadijatou Mani from slavery. The judgement was delivered in Niamey, the capital of Niger today (Monday 27 October) by the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

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YEMENI CHILD BRIDE HONOURED AS WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Ten-year-old Nujood Mohammed Ali from Yemen was honored in New York last week for her fight against early marriage. Nujood was named as Woman of the Year by Glamour Magazine after successfully divorcing her 30-year-old husband in April.

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TAKE ACTION ON FORCED LABOUR AND EXPLOITATION OF DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Domestic workers in the Philippines, the vast majority of whom are women and girls, are not given the same protections as other workers under labour laws and work in other people's homes hidden from public view. This leaves them particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, and many are the victims of forced labour. Many domestic workers migrate from rural areas to the cities and are vulnerable to trafficking, as well as to debt bondage. A Domestic Workers Bill, which would protect them, has been delayed for several years by Presidential impeachment proceedings and various other postponements. Act now to urge the Philippines Government to prioritise this legislation and ensure that it passes without further delay.

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