Many families in India still mourn the birth of a girl. But when Leena was born, people celebrated. Sagar Gram, her village in central India, is unique that way. Girls outnumber boys. When a woman marries, it is the groom’s family that pays the dowr...
In 1981, Mauritania made slavery illegal, the last country in the world to do so. Nonetheless, tens of thousands of people – mostly from the minority Haratine or Afro-Mauritanian groups – still live as bonded labourers, domestic servants or child br...
Kanye West has said that 400 years of slavery is “a choice” in a TMZ interview that resulted in a confrontation. The rapper, who has been tweeting out support for Donald Trump in recent weeks, was talking about the president, free thinking and labe...
The government is slashing the financial support it provides to victims of slavery in the UK by nearly 50%. In a statement to the Guardian, the Home Office confirmed that the weekly allowance provided to slavery victims will be cut from £65 to £37.7...