We often hear the phrase “Working as a corporate slave”! However, this statement is made in jest, often dramatizing the woes of working in today’s job set up. But do we ever pause and think what it must be working as a real slave? Wait, wasn’t slavery abolished long before in the 19th century? The rudimentary form yes, the organized and well-funded form, no. In fact globally, it has been on a steady rise year on year. A multi-billion dollar industry, Modern Slavery, also know as Contemporary Slavery has reports showing generation of $150 billion dollars annually. Top 5 Facts that indicate the inhuman side of Modern Slavery: 1) Truth of Bonded Labor; 2) Profit behind Forced Labor; 3) Heinous Child Labor Realities; 4) Human Trafficking Horror; 5) Ills of Early and Forced Marriage. Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that includes different spokes like bonded labor/Debt Bondage, Child Labor, Forced Labor, Descent Based Slavery, Early and Forced Marriage, Human Trafficking and Organ Trafficking. In frequent situations, two or more of these forms are interlinked and co-exist at the same time. 65.8% of the slaves have their roots in Asia Pacific region. Sectors that have highest instances of employing modern slaves include mines, construction sites, brick kilns, agriculture farms, hotels, retail stores, brothels, domestic set up, entertainment and textile manufacturing. Though it has undergone a face change in current times, slavery still violates the human rights. It is as brutal and ugly as it was in the past. >>> Read more at cake.hr/blog <<<

1. Top 5 Facts
modern slavery
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2. SLAVERY
Didn’t it end long back?
‘Theoretical’ answer to the question is
YES!
In 19th century with all nations getting
covered under a global UN treaty

3. ‘Real’ answer however is different.
IT STILL EXISTS!
In fact it is growing steadily each day to
be a staggering
BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY

4. Reports show that Modern Slavery is a
highly profitable business with
generation of
theglobalslaveryindex.org
150 BILLION DOLLARS
ANNUALLY
FOR ITS PERPETRATORS

5. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
A person can be termed as a ‘Slave’ if:

6. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
They work under
physical/mental threat,
abuse or exploitation

7. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
They work under
physical/mental threat,
abuse or exploitation
Employer treats
them as a property
or commodity

8. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
They work under
physical/mental threat,
abuse or exploitation
Employer treats
them as a property
or commodity
Can be bought or sold
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9. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
They work under
physical/mental threat,
abuse or exploitation
Employer treats
them as a property
or commodity
Has no free movement
Can be bought or sold

10. Who can be called a Modern Slave?
They work under
physical/mental threat,
abuse or exploitation
Employer treats
them as a property
or commodity
Has no free movement
Get nil or negligible
payment
Can be bought or sold

11. Modern Slavery – Numbers Never Lie!
UN Research estimates show there are approx.
21 to 36
MILLION
INDIVIDUALS
engaged as modern slaves around the world.
freetheslaves.net

12. Present day Slavery is also known as
Contemporary Slavery.
Though this slavery type has underwent a
change in the ‘modus operandi’ it continues
to violate human rights at all levels!

13. freetheslaves.net
theglobalslaveryindex.org
65.8%
of modern slaves have
roots in the Asia
Pacific region.
India leads the pack with
14 million people in
slavery

14. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS

15. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING

16. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING
BROTHELS &
HOTELS

17. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING
RETAIL STORES
BROTHELS &
HOTELS

18. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING
RETAIL STORES AGRICULTURE
FARMS
BROTHELS &
HOTELS

19. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING
RETAIL STORES AGRICULTURE
FARMS
ENTERTAINMENT
BROTHELS &
HOTELS

20. Which sectors employ modern slaves?
Modern slavery though illegal, happens everywhere
in any sector imaginable. Common ones are:
MINES, CONSTRUCTION
SITES AND BRICK KILNS
TEXTILES &
MANUFACTURING
RETAIL STORES AGRICULTURE
FARMS
ENTERTAINMENT DOMESTIC SETUP
BROTHELS &
HOTELS

21. Modern Slavery continues to be as
UGLY AND BRUTAL
as its raw predecessor ‘slavery’ in the past

22. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$

23. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$

24. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$

25. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$ $

26. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$ $

27. Categories Under Modern Slavery
Modern Slavery is an umbrella term that covers:
DEBT BONDAGE/BONDED LABOR
CHILD LABOR
FORCED LABOR
DESCENT BASED SALARY
EARLY AND FORCED MARRIAGE
HUMAN & ORGAN TRAFFICKING
$ $

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29. Top 5 facts
about Modern Slaverythat
expose the horrifying side of
this menace

30. Fact #1 – Truth of Bonded Labor
Victims under this type
are forced to work for
free till they pay off
debts to the lender.
Realistically, this hardly
materializes owing to
low or nil wages

31. Also known by the names
‘Restavac’, ‘Attached Labor’
and ‘Debt Bondage’, higher
numbers of these victims are
localized in South Asia

32. The number of bonded slaves in
present day is greater than in
ALL OF RECORDED HUMAN
HISTORY COMBINED

33. A variant of bonded labor is
‘Descent Based Salary’, where
being born under a particular
caste/class automatically results in
PERMANENT SLAVERY

34. Fact #2 – Profit behind Forced Labor
Long hours,
cold-hearted employers,
insensitive work
conditions and nil
benefits mark the
characteristics of
Forced Labor

35. Owners dish out mental abuse and
physical threats to victims and their
families. Money is sparse and
BASIC SUBSISTENCE IS A
CHALLENGE!

36. Intimidating and insensitive labor
industry forms the second most
profitable industry with illegal profits
amounting to more than
$44 BILLION ANNUALLY.
Just after the top earning sexual
exploitation market!
International Labor Organization

37. Fact #3 – Heinous Realities of Child Labor
This includes
exploitation of young
population below 18
years of age within
domestic locations or
on international soils.

38. United States and Child Labor
Despite of a lower ranking on the Global
Slavery Index, US has been undergoing a
tough time battling with sexual slavery
of children and minors, average age
group being 12 to 14 years.

39. Poverty contributes as the
biggest reason for child labor
and sexual exploitation with over
1 BILLION PEOPLE
living on less than a dollar a day!
$

40. freetheslaves.net
26%
(about 1.2 million) of
slaves today are
children under age 18
with the US alone having
about 60,000 victims of
slavery

41. Fact #4 – Nightmare called
Human Trafficking
Most common and
popular form of modern
day slave trade, Human
Trafficking involves
recruiting, harboring,
transporting, providing or
obtaining of forced labor

42. This trafficked labor is subjected to sexual
slavery or forced work by the use of
coercion, fraud or violence.
Labor cost is highly inexpensive at
$90 AVERAGE RATE.
dosomething.org

43. Human Trafficking is the
3rd
largest global criminal industry just after
drugs and arms trafficking
ungift.org

44. On many occasions the purpose behind
human trafficking is to provide
resources for begging, forced marriage
or non-voluntary organ removal

45. Fact #5 – Ills of Earlyand Forced Marriage
Girls below 18 years of
age are forced for
marriage without consent
owing to poverty and
other factors. Outcomes
are often domestic
servitude and sexual
exploitation!

46. A non surprising fact is that the
husbands of such victims force their
wives for prostitution, acting as pimps.

47. freetheslaves.net
55%
55% of slavery victims
are women and girls
and 22% of them are
exploited as sexual slaves
22%

48. Modern Slavery
What does it mean forthe
Societyand Nations?

49. Recent economic research has revealed
that modern slavery has broad socio
economic implications in terms of
impending economic development and
perpetuating poverty

50. WE AS INDIVIDUALS NEED TO
BE MORE AWARE.
Our ability to spot signs of slavery like
poor living conditions and physical
appearance, malnourished victims who
are reluctant to accept help or live in
isolation can help curb this menace

51. Governments across the world need to take
cue from countries like Ireland and Iceland
which have lowest incidences of Slavery.
UK recently made its resolution firm by
adopting Modern Slavery Act, 2015

52. How can Slavery end?
A realistic answer would be when all
forces including government, businesses,
investors, social institutions, schools,
communities, consumers and finally YOU
take a stand against it!
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