Different types of slavery

There are 27-46 million people that are living in slavery today, out of those 27 million people, 8.4 million are children. Slaves are tricked into working by false promises.

Slavery takes form in many ways: there are slaves that work in mines, farms, factories, textiles industries and even forced into prostitution. Thousands of slaves are getting forced into trafficked each year.

Even today, whole families are forced to be slaves. Children do brutal work for around 16 to 17 hours every day, without a break such as carrying huge and heavy slabs of stone down hills that weigh more than they do.

Thousands of slaves (even young children) are forced into trafficking every year.

Heaps of slaves are forced into working in mine shafts, and work for around 72 hours. They are also forced to gold-pan in the lake. These people do get a lot of deadly diseases and injuries from working in the mines all day.

Sex Trafficking: Sex trafficking is when men, woman and/or children are forced to be involved in commercial sex acts. It is estimated that there are 4.5 million victims of sex trafficking worldwide. To make victims do it, they trick them with fake promises, this works with minors and adults. Men are sent oversees but are also forced to perform sex acts. Usually, the traffickers keep the victims saying that they will free them when they pay there debt.

Forced Marriage: Forced marriage can be in many forms of slavery, people that have been trafficked are commonly forced to be married. An adult who has been forcefully married can be trafficked away for the financial gain of his or her spouse. Children under the age of 18 are still getting forced to be married. Most countries set the minimum age limit of marriage at 15 - 18 years of age.

Bonded Labour: Bonded labour (or debt bondage) happens when people give themselves into slavery as security against loan, or when they inherit a debt from a relative. At first it looks like am employment agreement. but when the worker actually starts with a debt to repay usually in brutal conditions. They then find out that repayment of the loan is impossible. That’s when their enslavement becomes permanent. The process begins with a debt, either acquired or inherited, which cannot be paid immediately. While the worker works to try and repay the debt, the employer adds on additional expenses. For example, a worker may begin with a debt of $200. While they work, they are not able to leave, and they need shelter, food and water. The employer tack on $25 per day, which covers these expenses. But then the employee only grows on bis debt while continuing to labour for his worker. And therefore, repayment is impossible. Usually this debt is payed down from generation to generation. This is common all around the world, especially when a family member passes away, and then the employers require another body to fill the lost role. This form of slavery is most common in Nepal, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In fact, most of the worlds slave live in India, and live in a form of bonded labour.

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