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UN Report on Contemporary forms of slavery
August 22 , 2022
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- U.N. report highlighted contemporary forms of slavery, pointed out that Child labour, caste-based discrimination and poverty data.
- Contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labour for China’s Uyghur minority, bonded labour for the lowest caste Dalits in South Asia, and domestic servitude in Gulf countries, Brazil and Colombia.
- Child labour (5-17 age), including its worst forms, exists in all regions of the world.
- In Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Europe, between 4% and 6% of children are said to be in child labour.
- This percentage is much higher in Africa (21.6%), with the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa (23.9%).
- Forced marriage of women and girls is a concern in Asia, including Cambodia, India, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.
- In parts of the Balkans, half of all Roma women ages 20 to 24 are married before age 18.
- It is compared to around 10% nationally.
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