Asia News on Sept. 5, 2020

The latest Modern Slavery Index released by risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft has seen garment manufacturing hubs like India and Bangladesh slipping down into the “extreme” category, joining the likes of China and Myanmar who exhibit the worst risk of slave labour. In other manufacturing hubs like Cambodia and Vietnam, the story is similar, thanks to the economic impact of the coronavirus, rampant labour rights violations and inadequate law enforcement.

The conditions are set to intensify, worsening the already precarious situation according to labour rights activists. There are 60 million people in Asia who work in the garments sector and many of their jobs are at risk because of the slowdown and falling sales. Those who lose their jobs are more likely to take up exploitative jobs out of desperation and may even be forced to make their children join the workforce.

https://www.theworkersrights.com/labour-rights/2020/09/05/covid-19-risks-pushing-garment-workers-into-modern-slavery/

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u/FwishhyIsMad

1 day ago

What would you consider me? :(

The red is my mom, green is my dad. I have never been Asian enough, Indian enough, Middle Eastern enough.

Some quick backstory:

Dad: Mother was Cambodian native, dad was Buddhist Chinese refugee from Guangdong.

Mother: a bit more complicated. Her dad was originally from Persia but his family moved into Hyderabad in India, her mom was originally from Goa (India). My mom's family then moved to Tanzania, which is has a lot of Arabs, and my mom's family was considered Arab or Asian. The Arab blood in me in from Oman, I know that.

Nepal: the reason both of them can trace too Nepal is due to their certain ethnic and religious groups within a broader ethnicity. :)

Please help, I don't even know what I am :(

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