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Intelligence Toolkit was built to help fight human trafficking & is applicable to a broad range of societal challenges. Learn how Microsoft researchers worked with global experts to develop generative AI tools that could help tackle urgent issues at scale. msft.it/6013lyC6T
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Wonderful news! Since its creation, the Bangladesh Accord has made significant, measurable improvements in fire and building safety for over 2 million garment workers. This new agreement will preserve the essence of the Accord, further protecting workers. @dschilling44
EXCLUSIVE Retailers and unions extend legally binding worker safety accord in Bangladesh - sources reut.rs/3gyGCZc
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Interview from a #Myanmar doctor on the frontline of the #Covid19 pandemic & the continued struggle against #Burma's military junta. Great report by @MSullivanSEAsia for @NPR shows the desperation & abuses faced by medical personnel & Burmese people. npr.org/2021/08/03/102433854…
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The hundreds of bodies being queued for funerals in Myanmar every day point to the real COVID death toll being much higher than the junta-controlled health ministry's figures show reuters.com/world/asia-pacif… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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#Myanmar's military regime now holding foreign telecoms company managers as de facto hostages inside the country, demanding they put spyware on their mobile phone platforms if they want to leave. @Telenor_mm @OoredooQatar should refuse to play along! @hrw reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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#ICYMI: A recording of our webinar on #Trafficking in Minors where we spoke with @MikeDottridge, @Sam_Okyere_, @AyudaDC and others about child #trafficking, #migration, #labour and #rights, as well as commercial #surrogacy youtu.be/KosnqDMTvSA
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At least 45 #LGBTQI community members have been arrested while protesting against Feb 1 #MyanmarCoup, 35 of these are still being held in custody, & at least 6 have been killed during protests in the streets. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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In response to this, over 40 civil society partners from Thailand and around the world, including IHRB, recently signed a joint letter to the U.S. Department of State expressing concerns about developments in Thailand.
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It's been 100 days since the coup. What have we learned after 100 days of brutality and tyranny? We've learned the world is failing the people of Myanmar. It's past time for the global community to act because time is what those under siege in Myanmar are running out of.
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"They shoot in the head, but they don’t know the revolution is in the heart."
Myanmar poet Khet Thi, whose work declared resistance to the ruling junta, has died in detention.
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Labor activist and union leader Myo Myo Aye was arrested on April 15. Int'l brands that have sourced from #Myanmar should call for her, and others', immediate release. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar @cleanclothes .@hrw .@HRWMyanmar
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This is a solid roundup of #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar from BBC ICYMI. Thank you @BBCRosAtkins for laying out the grim facts. @RapporteurUn @FortifyRights @RogerforWI
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Half of the people involved in seafood production are women. When we talk about sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, we must centre the experience and contribution of women if we are to achieve true sustainability. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021
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In Myanmar, the "draconian" bill would hand the military "almost unlimited power to access user data, putting anyone who speaks out at risk" says @LLakhdhir @hrw tmsnrt.rs/2NMaWnE
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Now available in Thai! Our guide for advocates petitioning @CBPTradeGov to block imports into the United States tainted by #forcedlabor in #supplychains. READ more about this powerful tool: bit.ly/3ceynA2
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Come work with me... This is a great position for someone based in Malaysia.
Passionate about labor rights? Join our team as Supply Chain Innovation Manager, SE Asia. The Malaysia-based position focuses on agriculture and supply chains in the region. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/35KcOU2
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More transparency for migrant workers gives us #Mondaymotivation. Congratulations @issarainstitute with the Golden Dreams 2.0 release! Myanmar artist Saw Poe Kwa explains how the app works (subtitled): bddy.me/325Qr9I
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Millions of migrant workers in Malaysia’s palm oil sector are struggling amid #COVID-19 and the government’s response. FLA guidance for employers includes 17 ideas to support and protect these workers. bit.ly/30ZtUtX
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After a decade of research & analysis, we have concluded in our new report, #NotFitForPurpose, that #MSIs have failed as #BizHumanRights tools. It’s time to #RethinkMSIs and center rights holders and communities in our solutions. Read it now 👉 bit.ly/2B5CsGH
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Our new article 'Addressing Exploitation in Supply Chains: Is Tech a Game Changer for Worker Voice?' out now in special issue of #AntiTraffickingReview Technology, Anti-Trafficking & Speculative Futures @theMWJI @GAATW_IS @HumanRightsUNSW @UNSWAllensHub antitraffickingreview.org/in…