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Resource February 18, 2013

Steve Sapienza on the Struggle for Education on Malaysia's Palm Oil Plantations

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Profitable as it is for multi-national companies, palm oil is extracted at a heavy social and...

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Journalists Steve Sapienza and Jason Motlagh documented the struggle of migrant children on Malaysia's palm oil estates to gain access to education. Many of the children simply ended up as workers. Sapienza discusses his approach and some of the challenges faced while reporting this story.

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