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Child Slavery
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» BBC News: Meeting the 'chocolate slaves'  - Humphrey Hawksley reports on child labour in Mali and the Ivory Coast in 2002. He meets with children working the fields and a boy who was almost abducted.
» Bonded Labor/Debt Bondage Resources - Directory of articles and resources related to debt bondage and bonded labor of children worldwide.
» Camel Races in the Middle East - Information about children being kidnapped in Asia and forcefully used as camel jockeys in the oil-rich Gulf states.
» Child Slavery In Haiti - Restaveks - There are over 300,000 slave children throughout Haiti suffering abuse unheard of in the civilized world. Child slaves as young as 3, are sexually, mentally, & physically abused up to and including death.
» Child Slaves May Be Making Your Chocolate - According to the BBC, hundreds of thousands of children are being stolen from their parents, shipped to the Ivory Coast and sold as slaves to cocoa farms. Site has list of chocolate companies that ensure their cocoa doesn't come from slaveowners; links to
» Global March Against Child Labour - Resources and information relating to the campaign against child labour.
» The Food Revolution: Is There Slavery In Your Chocolate? - A look at slavery in the coffee and chocolate industries and how slavery has changed over the years. Includes suggestions for fighting against slavery.
» The Small Hands of Slavery: Bonded Child Labour in India - Article from Human Rights Watch.
» William Wilberforce House Anti-Slavery Society - Organization working for the suppression of child labor and slavery. Consumer guides, newsroom, kids' section, and profiles of current issues.
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Last Updated: 2007-02-14 14:05:49
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