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In Haiti, there is a system known as restavec, which is French for "one who stays with."
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The international attention on Haiti during the aftermath of the terrible earthquake has cast a spotlight on the inhumanity of a cultural norm known as restavec, a practice in which parents send a child to live with another family as a domestic servant.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Yehuda Berg 2010
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-- UNICEF estimates between 250,000 to 300,000 Haitian children are victims of the country's forced bondage or "restavec" system; it means they're "slaves;"
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-- UNICEF estimates between 250,000 to 300,000 Haitian children are victims of the country's forced bondage or "restavec" system; it means they're "slaves;"
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- Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have just launched a social and global campaign to raise awareness about child slavery in Haiti with the goal to completely ban the "restavec" system that is promoting it.
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- Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore have just launched a social and global campaign to raise awareness about child slavery in Haiti with the goal to completely ban the "restavec" system that is promoting it.
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U.S. Video: Sheriff Investigating Gibson's ex for extortion haitians are black and they keep slaves. ask the "restavec" kids.
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Demi Moore have just launched a social and global campaign to raise awareness about child slavery in Haiti with the goal to completely ban the "restavec" system that is promoting it.
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There is a historically a system called the “restavec” system in Haiti.
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DNA Foundation, which aims to eliminate human trafficking and sex slavery worldwide, is speaking up on behalf of these children and asking that as we rebuild Haiti, we rebuild it right by banning the restavec system.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Yehuda Berg 2010
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