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Julia Vargas Jones

Children in Brazil are climbing 70-foot-high trees so you can eat açaí berries

Brick stacking, Nepal.

Photographer Lisa Kristine is shining a light on child labor

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Video Stopping generations of labor exploitation in Nepal 4:55

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US Dept of Labor

Video Child labor uncovered in Los Angeles 3:21

The US Department of Labor seal is seen on a podium in Washington, DC, in 2019.

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Opinion: Is protecting children from labor exploitation a distant dream?

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A21/Walk For Freedom

Video How a weekend walk led to child rescues in India 3:11

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Video The CNN Freedom Project: Our mission 1:32

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Video Charity group leads global walk for freedom 1:29

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Finding a brighter future for Tanzania’s child domestic workers

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks during an event honoring the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Heroes at the Harry S. Truman department headquarters on June 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. To mark the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report), the department honored "individuals from diverse stakeholder communities around the world whose tireless efforts have made a lasting impact on the fight against trafficking." (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Opinion: Rethinking human trafficking

Women are among the people most affected by modern slavery, says Nasreen Sheikh, who works to inform them of their rights.

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As a child, she stitched clothes in a sweatshop. Now she sees modern slavery everywhere

In-Depth Documentaries

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Video Fighting for Mercy: Full documentary 24:31

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India’s silk slaves are forced to work to pay off debts

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Begging for Change: Full documentary

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• Video 22:29

Michal Przedlacki/Kulczyk Foundation

Video Stolen son: The child traffickers preying on the Rohingya 22:29

Research & Reports

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Video A model’s trip into the heart of human trafficking 1:29

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Video Helping Tanzania’s children trapped in domestic servitude 1:30

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Video He was lured by human traffickers with a ‘dream job.’ Then he got scammed 2:56

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Video San Diego schools are working to stop human trafficking 3:46

Boys take part in an awareness rally to mark World Day Against Child Labour, in Chennai, India on June 12, 2022.

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Opinion: Five reasons I’m optimistic despite grim new statistics on forced labor

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Our device-driven lives depend more than ever on tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Bukeni Waruzi is executive director of Free the Slaves, a founding organization of the modern anti-slavery movement.

Terry FitzPatrick

Aligning anti-trafficking programs with UN Sustainable Development Goals

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On Ghana’s Lake Volta, child slavery is in plain sight

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Profit orphanages: The human rights crisis that’s flying under the radar

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Video Exposing slavery in the colbalt industry 1:29

This general view from "The Peak" shows Hong Kong's latest addition to its skyline, the newly completed 88-storey Two IFC building (C), towering above the city, 12 July 2003. Two IFC, which is the third tallest building in the world behind the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, is expected to open for business in a month. AFP PHOTO/Richard A. BROOKS (Photo credit should read RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images)

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Video Escaping slavery in Hong Kong 3:13

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Video Sex trafficking in the UAE 3:49

#MyFreedomDay

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Video Students united for #MyFreedomDay 2023 2:27

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Take a closer look at the signs of modern slavery