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Robin McDowell, Margie Mason And Grant Peck In this July 16, 1995, file photo, an unidentified aid holds up an umbrella over Burmese democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her daily appearance at the gate of her Yangon (formerly known as Rangoon) home from where she greets a crowd of supporters that gathered in the street. After Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, Aung San Suu Kyi finds herself back under house arrest. But this time, her standoff with the generals comes after she has sorely disappointed many once-staunch supporters in the international c...

On the next Your Call’s One Planet Series Your Call, we’ll bring you an update on the Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread human rights

On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series Your Call, we’re bringing you an update on the Associated Press investigations that exposed widespread

[1] published Nov. 24, 2020, reporters for the Associated Press detailed accounts from women working in palm oil fields of their experiences being abused, sexually assaulted and held against their will. Palm oil is a key ingredient in millions of products sold around the world: “Palm oil is found in everything from potato chips and pills to pet food, and also ends up in the supply chains of some of the biggest names in the [USD 530] billion beauty business, including L’Oréal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Avon and Johnson & Johnson, helping women around the world feel pampered and beautifu...

52:00 On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we’re rebroadcasting our conversation about two recent AP investigations exposing widespread labor and human rights abuses. These abuses include rape, slavery, and child labor, in the palm oil industry, which is worth a whopping $65 billion. The investigation found that millions of men, women and children from some of the poorest corners of Asia are exploited and forced into working on palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia. Women workers make just $2 a day with no job protections or healthcare. Palm oil is in food and perso...