Justice
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Human Trafficking
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Agricultural Sector
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Forced Labour
Trafficking in persons is a grave concern in the agricultural sector that affects both adults and children, resulting from high levels of informality and a lack of oversight and protection within the industry, a UN expert said today.
Justice
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Queer
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Women with Disability
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Abusive Partners
Reema*, 32, has been married for about five years but the man she thought would be her life partner has turned out to be a stranger – he refuses to communicate with her and beats her when he is drunk.
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Sexual Violence
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Conflict
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War Crimes
Sexual violence is present wherever conflict erupts, according to the UN. Adolescent girls are particularly at risk. Survivors trudge on, though, amid a shocking increase in sexual crimes committed as weapons of war.
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Slavery
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Refugees
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Human Trafficking
In addition to slave selling and buying deals in public squares, as reported time ago in ‘liberated’ Libya, a widespread exploitation of men, women, and children has been carried out for years at refugee camps worldwide.
Justice
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Senior Citizens
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Elderly Abuse
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Verbal Abuse
Although 82% of India’s elderly live with their families, they are often at the receiving end of ‘verbal abuse’, ‘neglect’ & ‘physical violence’, according to HelpAge India report.
Justice
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Sexual Violence
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Conflict
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Sexual Assault Survivors
Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys lives and fractures communities,” the UN chief said on Friday.
Justice
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Refugee Protection
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Human Rights
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Rights of Refugees
Many refugees have to wait years before their applications are processed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Justice
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Domestic Workers
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Emotional Abuse
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Migrant Workers
Workers, most of them from the Philippines, reported being subject to threats, intimidation, and invasion of privacy.
Justice
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Mining
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Sexual Abuse
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Women Workers
Mining in Western Australia, a multi-billion dollar industry which helps power the nation's economy, is plagued by an "abhorrent and systemic" culture of sexual abuse, according to a parliamentary inquiry published Thursday.
Justice
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LGBTQ Communities
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Legal Rights
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Constitutional Right
There are Constitutional rights and legal rights that protect the LGBTQIA+ community in India. But how effective are these in real terms?
