Child Rights in Your Xmas Gift Supply Chains
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We can all be forgiven if at this time of the year, reason just goes out the window. It’s after all the first Xmas, lockdown- free.
But if Xmas is about giving and humanity, have you ever thought about how your gifts are made; before giving them out?
As most of them are made and sourced from overseas. According to human rights advocate ALTSEAN in Asia; these sources are intertwined with child slavery practices.
In the rush to recover from the pandemic; when meeting public demand, many transnational and local businesses ignore the child slavery practices in their supply chains. ALT-SEAN says it’s incumbent upon us to ask, is my gift child – labour free?
Interviewee: Debbie Stothard – founder and CEO of the global human rights advocate ALT-SEAN in Asia Reporter/Producer: Annamarie Reyes