International Day For The Abolition Of Slavery
Every year, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, draws attention to slavery that still exists in the world. This day, this day also focuses on the eradication of modern slavery.
Many Americans think of slavery as something from history. The ownership and slave labour of African Americans was involved in this kind of slavery. In 1865, the country brought an end to this form of slavery.
Unfortunately, slavery does still exist, but it is sad to say. Today, modern slavery and human trafficking is a billion-dollar industry. Global revenues are forecast to exceed $150 billion. According to the United Nations, slavery traps are killing over 40 million people around the world. One in four children, globally, is a victim of modern slavery, according to one in four children. In addition, slave victims of modern slavery suffer unimaginable pain.
The key aspects of modern slavery include:: The following are the key elements of modern slavery:
- Forced labour – includes migrant employees who work in domestic servitude, agriculture, and the food and clothing industries. tion is also included in Forced labour, as well as prostitution
- Children are used for economic exploitation, as shown by child labour. It also includes any situation where work robs children of their childhood or hinders their ability to attend school
- Trafficking – either recruiting, transporting, requiring, or coercing people to exploit them in some manner. The most common use of prostitution is to prostitution, but it also includes slave labour, slavery, or servitude
Modern slavery is usually blamed on violent groups in society. These groups include tribal minorities, indigenous peoples, and those who identify with a low caste. Victims also include those who are unable to fight back. Children, women, and those with a mental disorder or physical disability are among the victims.
How to observe
Individuals and organisations can express their views on contemporary slavery in a variety of ways. Newspaper papers, blog posts, host informational seminars, exhibits, and presentations are all written by these individuals. People should do their part to eliminate modern slavery, according to political figures and activists.
To participate:
- Learn how to celebrate a potential trafficking survivor
- Become an informed customer and avoid buying products or services made by businesses that promote child labor or other forms of slavery. Become an informed customer
- Support anti-trafficking campaigns in your neighborhood.
- Ask your local, state, and federal representatives what they are doing to eliminate modern slavery
- Organize a fundraiser and give the proceeds to an anti-trafficking group
- Listen in the stories of those who survived modern slavery and human trafficking
- Watch a documentary on modern slavery, including Born into Brothels, The Storm Makers, and Slavery: a 21st Century Evil..
With #AbolitionOfSlaveryDay or #EndModernSlavery, share your excitement for this day on social media..
History
The UN General Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others was adopted on December 2, 1949. A UN report on Slavery's 1985 recommendation that the Proclamation of Slavery be proclamation on December 2nd. The recommendation contained all forms of slavery. The world came to know the day as International Day of Slavery in 1995.
