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Rebuilding a Life After Trafficking: What Does Reintegration Really Take

Rebuilding a Life After Trafficking: What Does Reintegration Really Take

by Marta Furlan | Oct 16, 2026 | Home Page, Nigeria, Publications, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation, Survivor Engagement

For survivors of human trafficking, returning home is the beginning of a long and complex journey of rehabilitation, reintegration, and resilience. After exploitation, survivors often find themselves without stable housing, employment and income, or access to...
From Research to Action: Advancing Change for Child Domestic Workers in Kathmandu (Part II)

From Research to Action: Advancing Change for Child Domestic Workers in Kathmandu (Part II)

by Marta Furlan | Jun 12, 2026 | Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

In Kathmandu, tens of thousands of children live and work as domestic workers. They cook, clean, fetch water, carry heavy loads, care for younger children, and often support family businesses.The research report Life as Child Domestic Workers in Kathmandu, published...
Climate Change and Human Exploitation in Antigua and Barbuda

Climate Change and Human Exploitation in Antigua and Barbuda

by Marta Furlan | Feb 9, 2026 | Caribbean, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

Climate change is often discussed in terms of rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and environmental degradation. But what is sometimes less visible—yet no less urgent—are its human consequences. Extreme weather events and slow-onset environmental changes can...
Inside the Hidden World of Nepal’s Child Domestic Workers

Inside the Hidden World of Nepal’s Child Domestic Workers

by Marta Furlan | Aug 13, 2025 | Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

Over the past few years, we have seen great attention being devoted in Nepal to issues of child labor, including in the context of Alliance 8.7. The government has taken remarkable steps towards recognizing and addressing child labor. However, child domestic work,...
Exploitation and Extraction: How Armed Groups are Fueling Modern Slavery in DRC’s Cocoa Sector

Exploitation and Extraction: How Armed Groups are Fueling Modern Slavery in DRC’s Cocoa Sector

by Marta Furlan | Apr 24, 2025 | Congo, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is exceptionally rich in agricultural and natural resources. However, their extraction has been too often controlled by armed, predatory, and corrupted actors and has been associated with a wide range of modern slavery practices,...
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