Break the Chain

Ravaged Rohingyas: A True Tale of Trafficking

This article is part of AASYP’s Break the Chain 2021, which is a programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labour. Trapped in the hands of malignant individuals is the world’s most persecuted community. Vulnerable groups, especially women and children, are caught up and exploited in an uncertain environment with basics of …

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Sexual Slavery Response in Cambodia: Educational Empowerment for Women in Rural Areas

This article is part of AASYP’s “Break the Chain” programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced labour. Through this Op-Ed, Chin Sopanha explores sex trafficking in Cambodia and identifies the key drivers of this illegal industry, including the extreme poverty women and girls in rural areas are facing and the persistent educational …

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The Unheard Voices in Malaysia’s Palm Oil Industry

This article is part of AASYP’s “Break the Chain” programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour. On 30 December 2020, Sime Darby Plantation became the second Malaysian plantation company after FGV Holdings Bhd to be slapped with a ban from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) due to alleged forced …

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Sunshine the best disinfectant for corporate supply chains – but what about those in the shadows?

This article is part of AASYP’s “Break the Chain” programme that highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour. Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018 is driving a “race to the top” in corporate reporting and action on modern slavery. But who is left at the bottom – and how can they be convinced to …

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The Negative Externalities of the Linguistic Convenience Industry

This article is part of AASYP’s first-ever “Break the Chain” programme which highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human-trafficking and forced labour. Must we understand every word? Given that modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour (‘MS/HT/FL’) are industries requiring its victims to be in states of disempowerment, it is incumbent upon us to seriously reconsider the …

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We Are in This Together but Not in the Same Way: COVID-19 and Migrant Health Challenges in Thailand

This article is part of AASYP’s first-ever “Break the Chain” programme which highlights innovative solutions to modern slavery, human-trafficking and forced labour. COVID-19 pandemic undeniably acts as a game-changer to all, regardless of social class, nationality, gender, or belief. The more vulnerable the individuals in our community are, the more pronounced the impacts of COVID-19 they encounter. …

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