Inquiry Ideas
Forced Beggars of Senegal
What I know:
Children in Senegal are forced to hit the streets and become beggars.
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Some, pressing their faces up to the window of your cab, seem as young as 5.
“Why do they need to beg?” my daughter Lyla, 7, always asks. “Why can’t we give them money?”
Traditionally, talibés begged for lunch. It was a way to help out the local, humble daaras and teach humility. Traditionally, Senegalese boys attended the local daara for a couple years before starting public school.
Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
What I know:
Because women were not allowed to dance in Afghanistan small boys were forced to dress up in women’s clothing and dance for men. They were also subject to sexual abuse.
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NANGAHAR, 18 September 2013 (IRIN) - Sexual exploitation of boys, in particular the practice of "bacha bazi" (literally boy play) in which boys are "owned" for dancing and sex, remains one of the least talked about abuses in Afghanistan.
Shrine Slavery in West Africa
What I know:
In West Africa girls are forced to become slaves to the kings and are sexually abused.
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Thousands of West African girls as young as four years old have been offered to the gods as atonement for some offense committed by a relative. Trokosi – which literally means ‘slave wives of the gods’ – are part of a three hundred year tradition in the Upper Volta region that encompasses Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
Chocolate Slavery on the Ivory Coast
What I know:
Children are slaves to the chocolate production in the Ivory Coast. They are forced to work in depressing conditions and produce chocolate though they are not allowed to consume any of it.
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In recent years, a handful of organisations and journalists have exposed the widespread use of child labor, and in some cases slavery, on cocoa farms in Western Africa. Since then, the industry has become increasingly secretive, making it difficult for reporters to not only access farms where human rights violations still occur, but to then disseminate this information to the public. In 2004, the Ivorian First Lady’s entourage allegedly kidnapped and killed a journalist reporting on government corruption in its profitable cocoa industry.
Springbok Tour 1981 NZ
What I know:
There was meant to be a rugby tour of New Zealand made by the Springboks, but due to the type of government that South Africa had it meant that if New Zealand accepted this tour they would be seen as a pro-apartheid nation.
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The 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand will sadly be remembered most for the political turmoil off the field, culminating in a light airplane circling the pitch during the final match in Auckland. This was the Flour Bomb Test.
Political tension was at an all time high with South Africa's Apartheid policies being opposed by fans and citizens of New Zealand. For many, the Springboks weren't welcome, as riots and clashes with police became the norm throughout the tour.
Its been said that South Africa being in New Zealand divided families, friendships, and the Nation. Some just wanted to see good rugby and leave politics out of it, while others were protesting against Apartheid.
What I know:
Children in Senegal are forced to hit the streets and become beggars.
Copy and paste of some available information:
Some, pressing their faces up to the window of your cab, seem as young as 5.
“Why do they need to beg?” my daughter Lyla, 7, always asks. “Why can’t we give them money?”
Traditionally, talibés begged for lunch. It was a way to help out the local, humble daaras and teach humility. Traditionally, Senegalese boys attended the local daara for a couple years before starting public school.
Dancing Boys of Afghanistan
What I know:
Because women were not allowed to dance in Afghanistan small boys were forced to dress up in women’s clothing and dance for men. They were also subject to sexual abuse.
Copy and paste of some available information:
NANGAHAR, 18 September 2013 (IRIN) - Sexual exploitation of boys, in particular the practice of "bacha bazi" (literally boy play) in which boys are "owned" for dancing and sex, remains one of the least talked about abuses in Afghanistan.
Shrine Slavery in West Africa
What I know:
In West Africa girls are forced to become slaves to the kings and are sexually abused.
Copy and paste of some available information:
Thousands of West African girls as young as four years old have been offered to the gods as atonement for some offense committed by a relative. Trokosi – which literally means ‘slave wives of the gods’ – are part of a three hundred year tradition in the Upper Volta region that encompasses Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo.
Chocolate Slavery on the Ivory Coast
What I know:
Children are slaves to the chocolate production in the Ivory Coast. They are forced to work in depressing conditions and produce chocolate though they are not allowed to consume any of it.
Copy and paste of some available information:
In recent years, a handful of organisations and journalists have exposed the widespread use of child labor, and in some cases slavery, on cocoa farms in Western Africa. Since then, the industry has become increasingly secretive, making it difficult for reporters to not only access farms where human rights violations still occur, but to then disseminate this information to the public. In 2004, the Ivorian First Lady’s entourage allegedly kidnapped and killed a journalist reporting on government corruption in its profitable cocoa industry.
Springbok Tour 1981 NZ
What I know:
There was meant to be a rugby tour of New Zealand made by the Springboks, but due to the type of government that South Africa had it meant that if New Zealand accepted this tour they would be seen as a pro-apartheid nation.
Copy and paste of some available information:
The 1981 Springbok tour of New Zealand will sadly be remembered most for the political turmoil off the field, culminating in a light airplane circling the pitch during the final match in Auckland. This was the Flour Bomb Test.
Political tension was at an all time high with South Africa's Apartheid policies being opposed by fans and citizens of New Zealand. For many, the Springboks weren't welcome, as riots and clashes with police became the norm throughout the tour.
Its been said that South Africa being in New Zealand divided families, friendships, and the Nation. Some just wanted to see good rugby and leave politics out of it, while others were protesting against Apartheid.