{"id":91,"date":"2014-10-22T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/easter-ross\/?p=91"},"modified":"2014-10-22T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T13:44:36","slug":"modern-day-slavery-18-october-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/easter-ross\/2014\/10\/22\/modern-day-slavery-18-october-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Day Slavery 18 October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
SLAVERY – IT’S CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!<\/b><\/div>\n
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Anti Slavery Day fell on 18 October and many Soroptimists in the UK and throughout the World chose to highlight this problem. \u00a0SI Easter Ross took the opportunity to raise this issue by having a stand in Alness High Street. We may not think that modern day slavery is happening here in the Highlands, but be assured it is. \u00a0Many people in Alness visited our stand and took away leaflets and we feel that if just one person has been able to pick up the phone and speak to someone about a possible abuse, then we have helped.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
What is Modern ay Slavery?<\/div>\n
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Slavery is not an issue confined to history or an issue that only exists in certain countries – it is something that is\u00a0still happening today. It is a global problem and the UK is no exception.<\/div>\n
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Victims found in the UK come from many different countries, including Romania, Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and the UK itself,\u00a0\u00a090 were UK nationals\u00a0in 2013.<\/div>\n
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The practice still continues today in one form or another in every country in the world. From women forced into prostitution, children sexually exploited, children and adults forced to work in agriculture, domestic work, or factories and sweatshops producing goods for global supply chains, entire families forced to work for nothing to pay off generational debts; or girls forced to marry older men, the illegal practice still blights contemporary world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
There are many different characteristics that distinguish slavery from other human rights violations, however only one needs to be present for slavery to exist. Someone is in slavery if they are:<\/p>\n