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THE WEEK IN RIGHTS |  Buying Jewelry for Mother’s Day? May 10, 2018

Graphic © 2018 Human Rights Watch Sunday is Mother’s Day in many countries, an opportunity for many to give their mum a piece of jewelry. Jewelers are offering “Mother’s Day Gift Guides” and “Mother’s Day Specials.”  Here is Human Rights Watch’s special “gift guide” for Mother’s Day – to ask your jeweler where the gold and jems come from. And tell them to help end human rights abuses in gold and diamond sourcing. #BehindTheBling #ChildLabor ACT NOW! »

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