MODERN SLAVERY

THE FACTS

• 27 million slaves today
• 14% of Haiti's children are domestic slaves
• 50,000 women and children are trafficked into US
• Slave population is 5 times greater than Ireland's
• The US has 60,000 victims in slavery

THE FACTS

• 78% of ppl are in labor slavery
• 22% of ppl are in sex slavery
• 26% of slaves are under 18
• $32 billion is generated for traffickers each yr
• Percents: 55% female, 45% male

TYPES OF SLAVERY

• Bonded labor
• Forced labor
• Child labor
• Trafficking
• Traditional

BONDED LABOR

• Labor is demanded for repayments of loan
• 20 million ppl as bonded laborers
• Countries like India, Pakistan, Nepal, Brazil
• And the Caribbean islands

FORCED LABOR

• illegally recruited by government
• Forced to work under violence
• Burma enslaves thousands of ppl to
• 👆Work as porters for army or govt. projects

CHILD LABOR

• Work in dangerous or exploitative conditions
• Exploited through prostitution, pornography
• Kidnapped, bought, or forced to enter sex market
• Child sex tourism common in Asia
• Work in factories, fields

TRAFFICKING

• Women &children tricked and forced
• 👆Into domestic work or prostitution
• From: Asia, Africa, Central America, East Europe, SA
• Into: US, EU, Japan, & Middle East

TRADITIONAL

• Bought and sold as commodities
• Abducted from homes
• Inherited, or given as gifts
• Common in West Africa-Mauritania

EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE

• Married without a choice
• Forced into life of servitude
• Physical violence is often in situation
• Common in North Africa& Asia

TREATIES THAT PROHIBIT SLAVERY

• 1926 Slavery Convention
• 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• International Labour Organization (ILO) Forced Labour Convention