That modern slavery has increased worldwide in recent years, driven in particular by the Pandemicwith approximately 50 million people forced to do so last year forced to work or similar MarryThe United Nations announced on Monday.
That U.N. wants to eradicate this pest by 2030, but in the last year 10 million additional people they were in situation of modern slavery compared to global estimates for 2016, according to the latest report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) -two UN organizations- with the NGO Walk Free Foundation.
Of 50 million modern slavesabout 27.6 million people were exposed forced labour Y 22 million people have married against their will. That Women and the girl They represent more than two-thirds of people who have been forced into marriage and about four out of five people find themselves in a situation of forced marriage. commercial sexual exploitationaccording to the report.
That Pandemic -leading to worsening working conditions and increasing workers’ indebtedness- has amplified the sources of modern slavery in all its forms. Around 1 in 150 people worldwide is classified as a modern slave. This is indicated by this data, which comes from nationally representative household data Cases of slavery are not temporarybut they last for years.
“Basic Abuse”
“It is scandalous that modern slavery is not improving. Nothing can justify persistence basic abuse of human rights,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement. “Unions, business associations, civil society and ordinary citizens all have a crucial role to play,” he added.
The report proposes a series of measures that will go a long way towards ending the modern slavery.
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Among them are according to the ILO: Improve and enforce labor laws and inspections, end government-mandated forced labour, strengthen measures to combat forced labor and human trafficking in companies and supply chains, expand social protection and strengthen legal protections, including raising the legal age for marriage to 18 without exception.
That Women and the children they remain disproportionately vulnerable. Almost every eighth forced laborer is a child, more than half of them victims of commercial sexual exploitation. On the other hand, guest worker They are three times more likely to be subjected to forced labor than non-immigrant adult workers.