The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday urged companies worldwide to intensify efforts to prevent forced labor, a pervasive issue that continues to effect approximately 27.6 million individuals, ...

Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative proposed new additional tariffs of at least 10% on 60 trading partners after an investigation ...

People usually look to their own governments to keep them safe and guarantee their rights, but when a war breaks out, violence takes hold or abuses multiply, they may have no choice but to look for ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Modern slavery has become a catch-all term to describe human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, sex trafficking, forced marriage and other slave-like ...

Sexual violence remains a pervasive and systemic issue in Guatemala, disproportionately affecting girls ages 14 and under, which is the age of consent in the country. Different government institutions ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Trump administration is proposing double-digit tariffs on products from dozens of major U.S. trading partners ...

Ruqia Haidari was the baby of the family. The youngest of five children, she was born in Afghanistan in 1999, just a month before her father, a fruit and vegetable seller, was killed by the Taliban.