加载中…WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY? ZT
(2015-03-19 00:57:36)| 分类： 读书札记 |
WHAT IS MODERN SLAVERY?
Slavery did not end with abolition in the 19th century.The practice still continues today in one form or another in every country in the world. From women forced into prostitution, children and adults forced to work in agriculture, domestic work, or factories and sweatshops producing goods for global supply chains, entire families forced to work for nothing to pay off generational debts; or girls forced to marry older men, the illegal practice still blights contemporary world.
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) around 21 million men, women and children around the world are in a form of slavery.
There are many different characteristics that distinguish slavery from other human rights violations, however only one needs to be present for slavery to exist. Someone is in slavery if they are:
- forced to work - through mental or physical threat;
- owned or controlled by an 'employer', usually through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
- dehumanised, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as 'property';
- physically constrained or has restrictions placed on his/her freedom of movement.
WHAT FORMS OF SLAVERY EXIST TODAY?
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Bonded
labour
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Child
slavery
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Early and forced
marriage
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Forced
labour
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Descent-based
slavery
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Trafficking
TAKE ACTION TO END SLAVERY:
- Take action to end slavery in the Thai fishing industry
- Take action to protect victims of slavery
- Take action to protect the rights of domestic workers
- Take action to end of cotton crimes
- Take action to end child slavery in the chocolate industry
WHAT WE DO TO TACKLE SLAVERY:
Read about what we do to tackle slavery
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