Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery

* People held against their will, forced to work and paid nothing.

* one person controlling another and then forcing them to work

* Sweatshop slavery has been around since the 19th Century.

* One such case that made headline news was sweatshop labor in major sports company Nike. An undercover investigation by an Australian News Channel revealed the flip side of Nike's manufacturing factories

* These workers were subjected to horrible working conditions such as unsanitary showers, hole-in-the-wall bathrooms, rat-infested dorms, and abuse

* Up to 26 people were squished into a room 3/4 the size of a classroom

* Workers were pressured and at times forced to work overtime in order to meet the orders that Nike had made

* There are 27 million people in slavery today.

* People are forced to work without pay, under threat of violence, and they’re unable to walk away.

* Found in brothels, factories, mines, farm fields, restaurants, construction sites and private homes.

* Lure vulnerable people with false promises of good jobs or education

* Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it happens nearly everywhere

* Include forced labor, sex trafficking, bonded labor, debt bondage among migrant labourers, involuntary domestic servitude, forced child labor, child soldiers, and child sex trafficking

Three trends have contributed most to the rise of modern-slavery.

1. A recent population explosion has tripled the number of people in the world, with most growth taking place in the developing world.

2. Rapid social and economic change, have displaced many to urban centers and their outskirts, where people have no ‘safety net’ and no job security.

3. Government corruption around the world, allows slavery to go unpunished, even though it is illegal everywhere.

Examples:

* Child "carpet slaves" in India - Kidnapped from their villages when they are as young as five years old, between 200,000 and...