| Although many people think
of slavery and enslavement only as something of the past, it isn’t.
Not only are we still living with the legacies of historical slavery,
but millions of women, children and men around the world are trapped
in slavery, TODAY.
Slavery has been abolished all over the world, and under international
law it is illegal to make someone your slave. But in practice, women
from Eastern Europe are bonded into domestic labour or prostitution,
children are trafficked between West African countries and men are
forced to work as slaves on Brazilian agricultural estates. These
people are enslaved because existing laws are not enforced.
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Transportation
of Estate Workers in Brazil © Nando Neves/Imagens
da Terra
Child trafficking in West Africa
© Mike Shiel/Black Star
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