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"By Zoe Tabary
LONDON, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Malawian woman trafficked to the United States by a diplomat, confined to a house for three years and forced to work long hours for little pay has been awarded $1 million in damages in a human trafficking lawsuit against her former employer.
Fainess Lipenga began working for Jane Kambalame as a housemaid in her Malawi home in 2002, according to the case memorandum.
When Kambalame accepted a diplomatic position at the Malawian embassy in Washington in 2004, she asked Lipenga to move with her.
"I was so excited," Lipenga told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview. "She (Kambalame) told me that I could finish my education in the U.S. and that she would help me find another job.
Above found @: Human Trafficking Center.org
But the reality was quite different. For the first few months she received nothing, and after that was paid between $100 and $180 per month.
Nearly 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally, 1.5 million of them in developed countries like the United States, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Over half are women and girls.
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