2. OUTLINE
1. What is slavery?
2. Types of slavery
3. Facts
4. Causes
5. What can we do?
3. WHAT IS SLAVERY?
Someone is in slavery if they are:
forced to work - through mental or physical threat;
owned or controlled by an “employer,” usually through
mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
dehumanized, treated as a commodity or bought and
sold as property;
physically constrained or has restrictions placed on
his/her freedom of movement.
4. TYPES OF SLAVERY
Bonded labor
Child slavery
Early and forced marriage
Forced labor
Descent-based slavery
Trafficking
5. FACTS
IN THE WORLD
21-30 million people in slavery
Traffickers earn 150 billion dollars each year
78% are labor slaves, 22% are sex slaves
26% are children under age 18
India has the largest number of slaves in the world: 14
million
Mauritania has the highest percentage of population in
slavery: 4%
8. FACTS
IN THE UNITED STATES
60,000 victims in slavery today
14,500-17,500 people trafficked into the U.S annually
1997-2010: 9 farm labor slavery prosecutions in Florida
Florida was called “ground zero for modern-day slavery”
9. CAUSES
Profits for owners and traffickers
Low level of education
Unemployment
Inefficient customs check
Customers are not well-informed
War booty
10. WHAT CAN WE DO?
Join anti-slavery organizations
Raise funds for anti-slavery organizations
Raise public awareness through campaigns, concerts,
exhibitions etc.
Volunteer in slave-exporting countries
Vote for anti-slavery laws