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Faith, Hope and the Poor: The Theological Ideas and Moral Vision of Jean-Bertrand Aristide The objective of this research is to examine the theological ideas and moral vision ofJean-Bertrand Aristide, and to explore how his theology (and theological hermeneutics andethics) has influenced his politics of solidarity and social activism on behalf of the oppressedand the […]

December 2, 2023

Governments across the world diverted resources toward the pandemic, often at the expense of anti-trafficking efforts, resulting in decreased protection measures and service provision for victims, reduction of preventative efforts, and hindrances to investigations and prosecutions of traffickers. At the same time, human traffickers quickly adapted to capitalize on the vulnerabilities exposed and exacerbated by […]

July 12, 2023

In this analysis we ask how many children in six Latin American countries are employed as domestics, how many live with their employers, whether domestics make up a high proportion of child workers, and whether they are disadvantaged in school attendance.

June 30, 2023

In Haiti, large numbers of vulnerable children and the country’s particular historical context has led to a unique phenomenon known as the “restavèk” system. An estimated 300,000 Haitian children are restavèks, living as unpaid domestic servants. Child-welfare advo- cates describe the restavèk system as modern slavery, but researchers and advocates lack information about restavèk children’s […]

Child domestic work (CDW) is a hidden form of child labour. Globally, there were an estimated 17.2 million CDWs aged 5–17 in 2012, but there has been little critical analysis of methods and survey instruments used to capture prevalence of CDW. This rapid systematic review identified and critically reviewed the measurement tools used to estimate […]