Slavery and war are tightly connected – but we had no idea just how much until we crunched the data

In 2016, the United Nations Security Council named modern slavery a serious concern in areas affected by armed conflict

Extreme weather events in India made women, children more vulnerable to modern slavery, flags report

Cyclones in India, particularly in the Sundarbans, made locals vulnerable to traffickers and drove them into forced labour, the report …

Book Excerpt: Across the seven seas

Former Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee writes on how and why the system of indenture replaced the Transatlantic Slave Trade

The struggle for environmental justice in Africa

Today, Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges. All of these have resulted from the actions of entities that have seen the continent as a …

Child slavery in West Africa: Understanding cocoa farming is key to ending the practice

Surveys and studies on child slavery in West African cocoa farming have failed to consider its causes

No apology has been offered for the system of indenture: Bhaswati Mukherjee

Former Ambassador speaks to Down To Earth on her latest book on the system of indenture, that led to 1.5 million Indians going to far-off lands

Telangana police rescues Odisha family held captive at Ramagundam brick kiln

The brick kiln owner allegedly held the family captive, beat them up and made them work without paying them

There are 50 million people in situations of modern slavery on any given day: Report

Of these 27.6 million are in forced labour and 22 million are trapped in forced marriage

The Puroiks’ experiences with bonded labour made them a compelling subject for research: Prem Taba

Down To Earth speaks to Prem Taba, research scholar at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, on his forthcoming paper concerning a unique Arunachal tribe

In Africa, climate change has exacerbated modern slavery & government response is poor

More than 3.1 million Africans are in forced marriage and more than 3.8 million in forced labour

Tamil Nadu’s garment workers ‘modern-day slaves’: Dutch Report

Workers at state’s textile mills are usually Dalit women, who live and work in appalling conditions, says report

We need our slaves

India tops the list of countries with huge numbers of modern slaves. But there is little outrage or concern here over what is an everyday reality

Wildlife decline causes human trafficking, child slavery: study

Depletion of species has increased the need for labour