Kalbinur Gheni hasn’t seen her sister in person for more than six years. Her sister Renagul disappeared into the Chinese Communist Party’s vast political reeducation camps, which imprison an estimated ...

(A recent study by ProPublica and the Urban Institute found that 56 percent of older workers suffer at least one layoff or other type of involuntary job separation between turning 50 and retirement.

A girl works at a brick kiln at Liuwu Village in Yuncheng in China’s Shanxi province in this June 15, 2007 file photo. Credit: AP Photo/Color China Photo, FIle Subscribe for ads-free reading In China, ...

Dr Siobhan Weare works at Lancaster University Law School. The issue of men being forced to have sex with women isn’t one that receives much, if any, attention. These crimes, also known as ...

She was never verbally or physically threatened or restrained. But at age 19, Nina Van Harn felt like she couldn’t say no when she was expected to marry a man chosen by her family. And she is not ...

Forced labour is all around us, but not how you think. This report pulls together research from across the world to explain where it comes from and what we can do about it. The two most commonly given ...

As the shale gas boom sweeps across the United States, drillers are turning to a controversial legal tool called forced pooling to gain access to minerals beneath private property–in many cases, ...

Forced feeding, also known as compulsory feeding or refeeding, is a controversial and complex aspect of treating severe anorexia nervosa. Healthcare professionals may consider trying it if other ...

People Forced to Flee: History, Change and Challenge, UNHCR’s flagship publication, is an invaluable resource on the most pressing issues for improving responses for forcibly displaced persons.

Ruqia Haidari was the baby of the family. The youngest of five children, she was born in Afghanistan in 1999, just a month before her father, a fruit and vegetable seller, was killed by the Taliban.

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...