Laura Chinn5/1/2014

MODERN DAY SLAVERY

Questions to consider……In what countries does modern day Slavery exist?What jobs are slaves being used to do?What are working conditions like?How does one become a slave?Who is benefiting from slavery?What does the government say?What organizations exist to fight it?What can we do to help as consumers?What is being done world-wide to stop it?

WHAT SLAVERY EXISTS IN OUR WORLD TODAY?

Someone who is enslaved is:Forced to work through mental or physical threatOwned or controlled by an employer (usually through

abuse or the threat of abuse)Dehumanized, treated as a commodity or bough and

sold as propertyPhysically constrained or has restrictions placed on

his/her freedom of movement

WHAT DEFINES SLAVERY TODAY?

Bonded Labor – when people take or a tricked into taking a loan for which they are unable to ever pay off. It can be passed down to their children

Child Slavery – an estimated 5.5 mill ion worldwide are working underage

Early and Forced Marriage – girls/young women who are forced to marry into lives of servitude (often with physical violence) and have no choice to leave the marriage

Forced Labor – people who are il legally recruited by individuals, businesses or government and forced to work under the threat of violence or penalties

Descent-based slavery – involves people who are either born into a slave class or are from a group that society views as inferior

Trafficking – the transport of any person from one area to another with the intent of forcing them into slavery

WHAT TYPES OF SLAVERY ARE THERE?

Victims of Human Trafficking include:Children involved in the sex

trade, adults age 18 or older who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of “labor services”

Traffickers make billions of dollars off of their victims!!

Force, Fraud and Coercion is used to control people

This is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

This can be in the form of street prostitution, online escort services, residential brothels and brothels disguised as massage businesses.

SEX EXPLOITATION

The Sumangali System or “scheme” targets unmarried girls from 13-18

SUMANGALI SYSTEM

Girls are recruited by agents to work on 3 year contracts

Agents receive a commission Girls are promised a lump sum

of 60,000 rupees at the end of 3 years work (approx. $1800 US)

They work 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year.

If they are unable to complete their 3 year contract they are paid nothing.

Sumangali is i l legal and recognized as such in Indian Courts.

SUMANGALI – UTTER PRADESH INDIA

Child Labor was identified in Sangam Vihar and Tughlakabad parts of Delhi

Sequin workshops seemed to house the most child laborers.

There are big, medium and small levels of operation. Usually small operations work in hidden places like basements. This makes it easier to

Hide child laborBoys 10-20 applySequins, beads and embroidery

SLAVERY IN DELHI

Owners are usually community members and often friends of the family

Children are sold into slavery to help support the family, especially when parents are sick or unable to work

Many times they cook, eat and sleep in the work rooms

30 people were reported to be staying in a small space with only a couple of toilets.

Food and bathrooms are dirty and unsanitary leading to health issues. However, no one can afford hospitals.

Fevers, headaches and colds are frequent. Child laborers are often not allowed to be visited and

are not allowed to leave the factories they work at

SLAVERY IN DELHI

India is plagued with high levels of povertyWhen they cannot afford basic necessities they are

forced to take out a loan with slavery or their child (to be used as a slave) as collateral.

Rarely is a written loan agreement madeThe interest percentages are in the 1000’s and makes

it impossible to ever be paid back.The owners supposedly put part of their earning

toward the loan but when the slaves check – the balance has never changed.

Many times a debt of even $16 US can keep a family in slavery for generations

WHY SLAVERY IS HIGH IN INDIA

MUDALALIS

Sold into slavery to help her family – this slave rolls 2000 cigarettes per day to avoid beatings and burnings. She was collateral for a loan her parents took out

7 YEAR OLD SLAVE