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Save poor class of this planet from illegal usurers and suicide

Save poor class of this planet from illegal usurers and suicide This article is written for people use Bengali language . The topic is " Indian Poor class and Micro finance" . Self help group, Grameen Bank (GB) ,Community based financial systems (CBFS) , NGOs in micro-finance whatever their name may be they should change their policy for Poverty Alleviation. otherwise Poor will remain as poor at the mercy of suicide. The article, in three parts, this is third part. Second part : http://albertashokpaintings.blogspot.com/2010/08/quicksand-of-debt.html First part : http://albertashokpaintings.blogspot.com/2010/07/micro-finance-and-indian-poor-class.html I request people working for 'Demand and Dignity' a campaign launched by Amnesty International should read these three parts. Indian people -- those are in poor class and lower middle class are being trapped and ruined by the personal loan taken from local usurers with interest ranging 10% to 6...

Quicksand of Debt , Micro Finance and Indian Poor class

This is second part of : মাইক্রো ফিনান্স ও ভারতীয় দরিদ্রশ্রেণী Micro finance and Indian Poor class read first part in this blog : http://albertashokpaintings.blogspot.com/2010/07/micro-finance-and-indian-poor-class.html This article is written for people use Bengali language . The topic is " Indian Poor class and Micro finance" . Self help group, Grameen Bank (GB) ,Community based financial systems (CBFS) , NGOs in micro-finance whatever their name may be they should change their policy for Poverty Alleviation. otherwise Poor will be at the mercy of suicide. The article will be finished in three part, this is first part. I request people working for 'Demand and Dignity' a campaign launched by Amnesty International should read these three parts. Indian people -- those are in poor class and lower middle class are being trapped and ruined by the personal loan taken from local usurers with interest ranging 10% to 60% monthly , in market place, poor ...

Indonesia's Parliament should protect domestic workers

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Ratna started working as a domestic worker at the age of 13. Her employer initially told her that her salary would be 350,000 Indonesian Rupiahs (around US38) per month. But what she got instead was just half that amount for a seven-day work week from five am until midnight. Ratna was not allowed to take any breaks and was only allowed to go out once a week to hang the clothes out to dry. She slept on the hard kitchen floor and was locked in every night, supposedly for her own protection. This meant she couldn’t even go to the toilet at night. She also lost contact with her family because she was not allowed to make phone calls or send letters. No protection under law There are nearly 2.6 million women domestic workers, like Ratna, in Indonesia. They are not protected by current legislation safeguarding workers' rights. They are subjected to economic expl...