VIP Class Notes (Celeste) [R]

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UK Nail Salon Slaves

In Bath, England, a nail salon used slaves to sell treatments for cheap to customers. The slaves were young Vietnamese women trafficked through the Midlands and South West.

The women were not paid and the slave owners made them sleep in a small loft that was above the salon.

Police found that three people were guilty of the slavery after they found a missing 16-year-old worker. The police discovered their illegal earnings hidden inside of a stuffed toy. These three people went to jail for a total of nine years for violating the Modern Slavery Act.


Abortion in Chile

Just days before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in the Chilean capital, women demanded the right of legal abortion in the country.

They marched through Santiago, recited a prayer they wrote and even screamed over puddles of red paint on the street while squatting to demand the right.

Dressed in black with veils covering their faces, they asked in prayer, ‘Shall it be God, shall it be our father who decides about our bodies?’

Pronunciation

Vietnamese  ( V it nuh mees )