Buying Jewelry for Mother’s Day?

Expand "Peter," 15, working alongside a teenage girl at an artisanal and small-scale mine in Odahu, Amansie West district, Ghana. © 2016 Juliane Kippenberg for 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. Please ask your jeweler three vital questions about the jewelry you consider buying: Where do the gold, diamonds, or other minerals come from? What has your company…

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