Africa. Today slavery involves forced labour, debt bondage, human trafficking, descent-based slavery, child slavery, and marriage. Forced labour is when a person is forced to do something against their will and being threatened or punished to do it (“What Is Modern Slavery?”). Unlike slavery in the 19th century where people used to get enslaved base off the color of their skin, with modern slavery it does not matter. One thing that causes modern slavery is economic problem, in a continent like
slaves Was slavery really ever stopped? To most people it is but, human trafficking has become the modern day slave trade. Happening every single day and not only in third world-countries. The U.S has become both a supplier and buyer in this world wide crime. What are the stats? Ark of hope for children reports there are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 victims of human trafficking being sold and traded off every year internationally. With 50% led
Experiences, Interpretations and Coping strategies of their living conditions in rural Nigeria. The issue of poverty is a major disease that is eating deep into the flesh of the nation at a very alarming rate especially in the rural areas of the country. The concept of poverty is a condition whereby the basic needs of life are deprived; such includes food, shelter, sanitation and even safe drinking water. Poverty in Nigeria can be described in different ways ranging from lack of funds to get proper education
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND IT 'S EVIL EFFECTS ON OUR GENERATION. OBJECTIVES: After reading this article, you should be able to: 1. Explain the meaning of human trafficking. 2. Understand reasons why people involved themselves into human trafficking. 3. Explain effects of human trafficking. What is human trafficking? Human trafficking is the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation. Human trafficking is the crime
Health issues has been a major problem in Nigeria as lives running into millions are lost on a yearly basis due to health issues. Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu highlighted some of the major health problems as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and malaria. Ynaija.com stated some of the major health issues in Nigeria as Malaria, Common cold or Flu, HIV/AIDS, Pelvic Inflammatory disease, Hypertension, Acute diarrhoea. Another website listed some issues which are rampant in Nigeria some of the issues were the same as the
Freedom of speech and human rights are very important to have in a civilized society. Not only do people have the right to speak what they stand up to but also, they have the right to be in control with their own actions and demands. That is why Modern slavery is subjective and it is part of civil disobedience everyone should have his or her own rights with out being in control. Modern slavery is known as a billion dollar industry that produces up to 35 million dollars yearly. It is said to be estimated
Poverty, limited opportunities at home, lack of education, unstable social and political conditions, economic imbalances and war are some of the key drivers that contribute to trafficking of victims. What’s more victims can often face more than one type of abuse and slavery,
example would be the sex trade, which includes activities that involve providing sexual services for money or other compensation. In the sex trade industry, sex trafficking, also known as trafficking victims for slave labor and sexual exploitation, is very common. It is known as the ‘dark side of globalization’ due to an enormous upsurge of human enslavement that has accompanied a border-free world economy (Kapur, 2003). During the recent 30 years, the rapidly growing sex trade has been massively “industrialized”
Purple Hibiscus depicts an exploration of the connections between differing forms of violence in Nigeria after colonialism. Violence of the military government and the church towards Nigeria is juxtaposed with the violence experienced by the Achike family at the hands of Papa Eugene. This juxtaposition causes the reader to draw a parallel between the private world of the family with that of the public world of the church and state, emphasising the violence which in turn impacts the reader drastically
Research on gender pay gap by UNDP (2009) observes that between 1985 and 2008, inequality in Nigeria worsened from 0.43 to 0.49, placing the country among those with the highest inequality levels in the world. The poverty problem in the country is partly a feature of high inequality which manifests in highly unequal income distribution and differential