In Uganda, International Justice Mission head urges Christians to protect women and children against abuse
Mukono, Uganda Christians have a role to play in ensuring that women and children are protected against abuse such as rape and sexual abuse, according to Wamaitha Kimani, director of the International Justice Mission’s in Uganda. Delivering a sermon at Uganda Christian University‘s ThornyCroft Chapel on Sunday, Kimani urged congregants not to be bystanders as […]
Essay: Seven ways a national COVID-19 day of mourning can help us heal
JAMIE ATEN and KENT ANNAN, of the Humanitarian Diasster Institute at Wheaton College in the US, writing against the backdrop of the first anniversary of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, look at the importance of publicly marking the anniversaries of disasters and tragedies…
Dominican Republic bans child marriage amid fears of global rise
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation The Dominican Republic needs to change its culture so that women are seen as more than housewives for this week’s ban on child marriage to work, girls’ rights campaigners said on Thursday. The Caribbean nation has one of Latin America’s highest rates of child marriage and early unions – typically where […]
No work, new debt: virus creates perfect storm for slavery in India
Chennai/Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation When the coronavirus outbreak brought India to a halt last month, Bhagwan Das lost his only income as a construction worker in Delhi and embarked on a three-day trek back to his village. Then the loan shark came knocking. Unable to maintain repayments on the 60,000 rupee ($US787) loan he took […]
POSTCARDS: IN SYDNEY, A PANEL CONSIDERS ACTIVISM AMONG EVANGELICALS TODAY
Last month, Australia’s Anglican Deaconess Ministries kicked off its annual School of Theology, Culture and Public Engagement 2020 with a panel discussion on ‘Evangelical Faith, Past, Present and Future’. CHRISTOPHER GILBERT was there…
WOW!: INDIAN SLAVES SWAP LIFE OF BONDAGE FOR A SEAT IN THE BOARDROOM AT THE TEA PLANTATION
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how former bonded labourers are finding new lives thanks to ground-breaking initiatives…
SETTING THE CAPTIVES FREE: INSIDE THE WORK OF THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
DAVID ADAMS speaks with investigator ‘V’, about his work conducting human trafficking and slavery-related investigations for the International Justice Mission…
SLAVERY: FREEDOM, MONEY, BABIES – IN INDIA, RESCUED WOMEN COUNT THEIR LOSSES
ANURADHA NAGARAJ and ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, report from India…
PHILIPPINES: CYBERSEX CRACKDOWN SPARKS CONCERN OVER CARE FOR CHILD VICTIMS
MATT BLOMBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Indian rock quarry slavery survivors welcome stiff sentence for their captors
Thomson Reuters Foundation Survivors of slavery at a rock quarry in India welcomed a stiff sentence handed to the owner and managers, and said on Monday that the rare ruling sends a strong warning to other employers. A court in Tamil Nadu state found three men guilty of using violence, intimidation and debt bondage to […]