We believe everyone, everywhere has the right to a life free from slavery. But right now, millions of children and adults are trapped in slavery in every single country in the world. Including yours.
Modern slavery is the severe exploitation of other people for personal or commercial gain. Modern slavery is all around us, but often just out of sight. People can become entrapped making our clothes, serving our food, picking our crops, working in factories, or working in houses as cooks, cleaners or nannies.
From the outside, it can look like a normal job. But people are being controlled – they can face violence or threats, be forced into inescapable debt, or have had their passport taken away and are being threatened with deportation. Many have fallen into this oppressive trap simply because they were trying to escape poverty or insecurity, improve their lives and support their families. Now, they can’t leave
2)Forms of modern slavery
Modern slavery takes many forms. The most common are:
Human trafficking. The use of violence, threats or coercion to transport, recruit or harbour people in order to exploit them for purposes such as forced prostitution, labour, criminality, marriage or organ removal.
Forced labour. Any work or services people are forced to do against their will under threat of punishment.
Debt bondage/bonded labour. The world’s most widespread form of slavery. People trapped in poverty borrow money and are forced to work to pay off the debt, losing control over both their employment conditions and the debt.
Descent–based slavery. Most traditional form, where people are treated as property, and their “slave” status was passed down the maternal line.
Slavery of children. When a child is exploited for someone else’s gain. This can include child trafficking, child soldiers, child marriage and child domestic slavery.
Forced and early marriage. When someone is married against their will and cannot leave. Most child marriages can be considered slavery.
People end up trapped in modern slavery because they are vulnerable to being tricked, trapped and exploited, often as a result of poverty and exclusion. It is these external circumstances that push people into taking risky decisions in search of opportunities to provide for their families, or are simply pushed into jobs in exploitative conditions.
2. CONTENT
1) Introduction
2) Modern Slavery
What is the Modern Slavery?
3) Forms of Modern Slavery
4) Organized Crime Plays a Vital Role in Human Trafficking
5) Cause of Human Trafficking
6) We Can Put an End to Human Trafficking
7) Alternative(Anti-Slavery Movement)
Conclusion
References
3. INTRODUC
TION
Modern slavery is inflicted on millions of people all over the world. But
often it’s not called slavery, and many people don’t even know it exists.We
believe everyone, everywhere has the right to a life free from slavery. But
right now, millions of children and adults are trapped in slavery in every
single country in the world. Including yours.
Modern slavery is the severe exploitation of other people for personal or
commercial gain. Modern slavery is all around us, but often just out of
sight. People can become entrapped making our clothes, serving our food,
picking our crops, working in factories, or working in houses as cooks,
cleaners or nannies.
From the outside, it can look like a normal job. But people are being
controlled – they can face violence or threats, be forced into inescapable
debt, or have had their passport taken away and are being threatened with
deportation. Many have fallen into this oppressive trap simply because they
were trying to escape poverty or insecurity, improve their lives and support
their families. Now, they can’t leave.
4. MODERN SLAVERY
40 million people are
estimated to be trapped in
modern slavery worldwide:
1 in 4 of them
are children.
•Almost three quarters (71%) are
women and girls.
•Over 10,000 were identified as
potential victims by the
authorities in the UK in 2019.
People end up trapped in modern slavery because they are
vulnerable to being tricked, trapped and exploited, often as a
result of poverty and exclusion. It is these external circumstances
that push people into taking risky decisions in search of
opportunities to provide for their families, or are simply pushed
into jobs in exploitative conditions.
5. FORMS OF MODERN SLAVERY
Human trafficking. The use of violence, threats or
coercion to transport, recruit or harbour people
in order to exploit them for purposes such as
forced prostitution, labour, criminality, marriage
or organ removal.
Forced labour. Any work or services people are
forced to do against their will under threat of
punishment.
Debt bondage/bonded labour. The world’s most
widespread form of slavery. People trapped in
poverty borrow money and are forced to work to
pay off the debt, losing control over both their
employment conditions and the debt.
Descent–based slavery. Most traditional form,
where people are treated as property, and their
“slave” status was passed down the maternal line.
Slavery of children. When a child is exploited for
someone else’s gain. This can include child
trafficking, child soldiers, child marriage and
child domestic slavery.
Forced and early marriage. When someone is
married against their will and cannot leave. Most
child marriages can be considered slavery.
6. FORMS OF MODERN SLAVERY
Domestic slavery. Domestic workers
perform a range of tasks in private homes
including: cooking, cleaning, laundry,
taking care of children and the elderly and
running errands. Some domestic workers
also live in their employers’ homes and
are often considered ‘on call’ to undertake
work for their employer 24 hours a day.
The International Labour Organization
estimates that at least 67 million men and
women work as domestic workers across
the world, not including children.
Slavery in supply chains.Mobile phones.
Clothes. Shoes. Flowers. Wine. Food. Many
of the products we buy and use every day
are produced by people trapped in
modern slavery. Every day, millions are
exploited to fulfil our relentless drive for
cheap products.At least 24.9 million
people are thought to be in trapped in
forced labour worldwide. Of them, 16
million are exploited in the private sector,
linked to the supply chains of the
international businesses supplying our
goods and services.
Child Soldiers.Recruiting and using child
soldiers is sometimes considered a
separate category of slavery. "Many
children are forcibly abducted to be used
as combatants. Others are made to work
as porters, cooks, guards, servants,
messengers, or spies
8. CAUSES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
overty.Poverty is one of the largest contributors to
uman trafficking. It can drive people to become
affickers; it can drive parents to sell children or other
mily members into slavery. People in poverty are
rgeted by traffickers, who offer them a way to earn
oney when, in fact, they will actually earn nothing
nd be treated as a slave. Poverty also plays a large
ece in many of the other root causes of trafficking,
iving people to migrate, making education and
gitimate work difficult to obtain, making recovery
nd safety from war and disaster impossible, and
ore.
Lack of education.A lack of education can lead to
decreased opportunities for work at a living wage, and
it can also lead to a decreased knowledge in rights.
Both outcomes can cause people to be at a greater
vulnerability for human trafficking. In prevention of
trafficking, education can also empower children to
make changes in their community as they grow older
that will prevent situations and vulnerabilities of which
traffickers take advantage.
Lack of legitimate economic opportunities.When
people lack legitimate economic opportunities, that
can also lead to increased vulnerability to human
trafficking. Groups that are especially vulnerable in
this area are migrants without work permits, those
who lack education, those who live in rural areas
where there are less jobs available, as well as women
and certain ethnic groups who may not be able to get
jobs due to discrimination.
Social factors and cultural practices.In many countries,
cultural practices and social factors are a major cause
of human trafficking. In some places, bonded labor is
seen as an acceptable way to pay off debt. In other
places, selling children to traffickers is the norm,
especially for poorer families in rural areas. Some
countries, such as Mauritania, still practice antiquated
slavery, where families are held for generations by
slave-masters. There are also instances, like in
Uzbekistan, where forced labor is institutionalized.
During the cotton harvest, all adults and children are
expected to work in the cotton fields until the crops
are harvested.
Conflict and natural disaster.Conflict and natural
disaster can lead to economic instability and lack of
human rights, giving traffickers an advantage and
making people more vulnerable to human trafficking
situations.
9. WE CAN PUT AN END TO HUMAN
TRAFFICKING
Human trafficking is a crime that can be prevented. This task is not something that can be completed overnight. However these changes can be
done. All it will take is a good deal of time, effort from all parties involved, and international teamwork. One of the first steps to helping to end
human trafficking is to create better laws and harsher punishments for these crimes. One of the top reasons human trafficking is chosen, is because
it is a low risk endeavor that yields considerable monetary gain. Currently human trafficking is a low risk crime. This is because many times victims
are mistaken for prostitutes. Instead of listening to what the individual has to say, many people in the position to help will judge them before all the
details are presented. Every government needs to make traffickers accountable for their actions. This goes from individuals, to companies, and even
governments are responsible for their actions.
The Media Plays a Key Role in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.stop human traffickingSome countries can limit or prevent certain types of
broadcasts. Others go even further and limit or prevent any kind of broadcast or news venue including the internet. The media plays a vital role in
the fight against human trafficking. Educating people about the human trafficking issue and how it is affecting our society is important to the
downfall of this crime. Awareness and education are two of the most important roles in helping to prevent human trafficking. By providing
education on the issue, important awareness is being generated. They learn what to look for and what to do should they encounter human
trafficking activities. They also learn what to report to the authorities, and who the proper authorities they need to report to are.
There are a number of ways to help people understand what it takes to make a difference in human trafficking. These methods include being alert.
Make sure you are able to report exactly what it is that you saw. It is better to report an incident that is mistaken for human trafficking, then to let a
victim continue to be imprisoned. Another great example of how to make a difference is to be responsible of your choices. Research the products
you buy, and learn about the companies that make them. Ignorance plays a big role in human trafficking. Whether the ignorance is of companies
using the labor or not knowing what to look for, it is easily remedied by educating yourself.
10. ALTERNATIVE (ANTI-SLAVERY
MOVEMENT)
A non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to combating
human trafficking and freeing people from captivity: modern
forms of labor, poverty, and sexual slavery. As of 2019, it is
the only organization in Russia that fights slavery. Over the
seven years of its existence, Alternative has released more than
1,300 people. Operations to rescue victims take place in
different regions of Russia.
Alternative and brick factories of Dagestan. Dagestan has
become one of the most problematic regions, where labor
slavery and the use of forced labor in private enterprises are
widespread. As a rule, people recruited by intermediaries are
held in local brick factories. Victims are robbed of their
documents and money, forced to work seven days a week for
twelve or more hours a day, do not pay salaries, and use
physical violence against those who refuse to work or want to
escape
Social experiment In 2013, the head of the movement, Oleg
Melnikov, conducted an experiment: he personally spent
several days at the Kazan railway station, pretending to be a
visitor who had lost his documents. Hoping to get on the trail
of recruiters, Oleg talked to local homeless people, asking
them where they could earn at least something. As a result, the
classic scenario played out: Oleg met the "right" people, and
after a short conversation, Oleg found himself on a bus
heading to Dagestan. The bus was stopped by traffic police and
volunteers of the "Alternative".
Functions:
11. ALTERNATIVE AND THE BEGGAR
MAFIA
One of the directions of the "alternative" is the fight against the
so-called "beggar mafia". This is not only the release of those
who are forced by certain criminal groups to beg on the street.
Beggars are divided into two categories: 1)the crooks and slaves.
A fraudster is a person who finds the owner himself and simply
pays him a fee. Slaves are mostly recruited .
2)People are usually told that there will be a good and dust-free
job in Moscow: to sit with the child, or to help around the house,
or to go to the store as a cleaner. They are usually looking for
singles. When brought here, documents are taken away.
12. CONCLUSION
Human trafficking is a worldwide crime. It affects nearly every
populated country in the world. Human trafficking education and
awareness are two big ways to help in preventing future trafficking.
Most of these crimes are considered low risk to the trafficker. This is
due to the fact that most authority figures are unaware of what to
look for. In some countries, as sad as it sounds, even parents have
sold their children for monetary gain. Countries around the world
such as the United States, strive every day to work to help prevent
human trafficking by creating better laws and harsher penalties.
