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Jan Powell is an independent British journalist and video producer based in Geneva, Switzerland. She has written and produced for BBC Radio, CNN International and Swiss TV. For six years she was head of the Video Unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross, making films in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Colombia, Myanmar, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan. Find her on www.linkedin.com.
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An innovative school in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is teaching the area’s poorest children for nothing, offering them the respect they need to thrive and an education to help them succeed.
As demand for home help increases around the world, the number of countries adopting laws to protect domestic workers continues to grow. But their abuse and exploitation won’t stop without a fundamental change in social attitudes, say advocates.
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