Child slaves make up about 10 percent of the youth population in Haiti. Driven out of economic depravity, many parents are sending their children to live with others and serve as indentured servants in order to secure their survival.
Tonight on ABC's 20/20: "The Forgotten Children of Haiti"
Published January 15, 2010
Tonight, ABC's 20/20 will air the Pulitzer Center supported reporting project by journalists Dane Liu and Carmen Russell on child slavery in Haiti.
Child slaves in Haiti, also known as restaveks, are sent away by families too poor to raise them in order to live with and work for other families. There are approximately 300,000 child indentured servants in Haiti, making up 10 percent of the child population.
Please tune in tonight at 10:00 pm to watch Liu and Russell's video report. As featured in the Pulitzer Gateway Women, Children and Crisis:
In crisis areas, it is often women and children who suffer most. Stories of the particular misery faced by women and children are often overlooked - resulting in far-reaching human, social and economic consequences.
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Pulitzer Center grantee Carmen Russell will present "Restaveks: Haiti's Child Slaves" at New York University's Against Child Trafficking event.
Senators introduce Child Protection Compact Act, a bill providing the State Department with additional tools to combat child trafficking, exploitation and enslavement.
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Dane Liu is a broadcast journalist based in Edmonton, Canada. She is working at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC.
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Carmen is a multi-media journalist who often reports on foreign affairs. His work has appeared on PBS and MSNBC.com and in the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Providence...