Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Modern-day slavery: an explainer | Global development | theguardian.com

SOURCE: theguardian.com

What is modern-day slavery?

"About 150 years after most countries banned slaveryBrazil was the last to abolish its participation in the transatlantic slave trade, in 1888 – millions of men, women and children are still enslaved. Contemporary slavery takes many forms, from women forced into prostitution, to child slavery in agriculture supply chains or whole families working for nothing to pay off generational debts. Slavery thrives on every continent and in almost every country. Forced labour, people trafficking, debt bondage and child marriage are all forms of modern-day slavery that affect the world's most vulnerable people."

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