“Please pay attention to our lives.”
@AP spoke to dozens of women on palm oil plantations who describe rapes, harassment and punishing physical effects of their brutal work, which feeds into top Western beauty brands.
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Rape accusations are typically settled through “peace solutions” in which the victim’s family may be paid off. Sometimes, the victims’ parents force them to marry their rapists to lessen the shame, often after pregnancy occurs. 3/7 http://apne.ws/02zLVmO pic.twitter.com/U96kIWqp7C
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The AP used U.S. Customs records, product ingredient lists and the latest published data from producers, traders and buyers to link the laborers’ palm oil and its derivatives from the mills that process it to the supply chains of many big Western brands. 4/7pic.twitter.com/lowZUPVgfF
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Female workers routinely carry out some of the industry’s most punishing jobs, lugging loads so heavy that their uteruses collapse and spraying dangerous pesticides wearing no protective gear. Most don’t have access to health care or can’t afford it. 5/7pic.twitter.com/HqAeCinYPD
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Women interviewed by the
@AP detailed a series of health issues, ranging from dizzy spells, nosebleeds, difficulty breathing and blurry vision, with activists saying some workers totally lost their sight. 6/7 READ MORE: http://apne.ws/LVhvqNI pic.twitter.com/oTw9PBIIS4
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@AP’s Fruits of Labor investigation of the palm industry. 7/7 http://apne.ws/QBGX3UF pic.twitter.com/s4t5r0BZht
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and where is god? late as usual?
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God is here in our hearts

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I feel like there is no justice for the working class who cant afford to have a personal attorney, and they likely deserve it the most...the cruelty in the world we live in baffles me...
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Gene, Some of these companies belong to the responsible business alliance, which means they have pledged to audit their supply chain and make sure these kinds of things are not occurring. Would be interesting to see what they say now and to obtain latest audit results.
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Since slavry days. History repeates itself
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