Mariah Long
Mariah was previously the Program Manager of End Slavery Now. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati's DAAP program with a degree in Digital Design.
11 Facts About Modern Day Slavery
October 20, 2014
Mariah Long
Opinion
Forced Labor,
Sex Trafficking,
Bonded Labor,
Child Labor,
Awareness
It’s not just sex
Forced Labor is much more rampant than sex trafficking. In fact, 65% of the world’s slaves are in a forced labor situation. [1]
Watch what you eat
90% of companies shipping shrimp to the U.S. use some type of bonded or forced labor to produce it. [2]
Kids killing other kids
There are up to 200,000 children who are forced to be soldiers in the world today.[3]
They’re criminals, so that’s un-taxed money
Traffickers make $150 billion in profits a year. [4]
That was only 33 years ago
Chattel slavery didn’t end until 1981. Mauritania was the last country to outlaw it. [5]
Not always a stranger
According to the UN 46% of victims worldwide know their trafficker. [6]
Slaves have even less value today
The average cost of a slave today is $90. Compare that to 1809 when average the price was $40,000. [7]
It’s not just girls
400,000 men and boys are being sexually exploited globally.[8]
Governments do it too
10% of those in forced labor are in state-imposed forms of forced labor (prisons or work imposed by the state military or armed forces). [9]
14 million
Almost half of the world’s slaves are found in India.[10]
What about you?
While looking up these facts, I found out that 35 slaves work for me. How many work for you? http://slaveryfootprint.org/
[1] http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/comment-analysis/WCMS_181922/lang--en/index.htm
[4] http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/ilo-bookstore/order-online/books/WCMS_243391/lang--en/index.htm
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