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.
Restaveks: Child Slaves of Haiti
Published October 1, 2007
As featured on Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria.
"Restaveks: Child Slaves of Haiti" was featured on OneWorld.net.
As part of its special coverage on the earthquake tragedy in Haiti, ABC's 20/20 aired footage from Carmen Russell and Dane Liu's documentary, "Restaveks: Child Slaves of Haiti" 1/15/2010 at 10pm.
The film explores the lives of children who, due to economic depravity, are forced to leave their families and abandon their education to work as indentured servants.
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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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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...
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Dane Liu is a broadcast journalist based in Edmonton, Canada. She is working at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC.
