Modern slavery exist everywhere in the form of human trafficking, forced labour, child slavery etc.. It dehumanizes a person, it enslaved a person, it forces a person against his will , it imprisoned a person to forced labour, it violates a person’s human right and dignity to be human.
FACTS & FIGURES (International Labour Organization ILO)
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Almost 21 million people are victims of forced labour – 11.4 million women and girls and 9.5 million men and boys.
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Almost 19 million victims are exploited by private individuals or enterprises and over 2 million by the state or rebel groups.
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Of those exploited by individuals or enterprises, 4.5 million are victims of forced sexual exploitation.
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Those who exact forced labour generate vast illegal profits.
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Domestic work, agriculture, construction, manufacturing and entertainment are among the sectors most concerned.
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Migrant workers and indigenous people are particularly vulnerable to forced labour.
http://www.ilo.org
Victims of modern slavery are found to be getting younger, to the age of boy and girls at 5 or younger. Many are being tricked or forced into situations where they are exploited and no longer able to find a way out of the situation.
In fact, modern slavery generates high profits to the “slave-drivers”. Many may not be even aware that the consumer goods we use daily are produced by forced labour & child labour.
Learn more:
http://www.walkfree.org/
http://www.ilo.org/
http://www.antislavery.org
http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=430
