There are at least 12.3 million persons in forced labour today. Most victims are poverty-stricken people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, whose vulnerability is exploited by others for a profit. Yet over 350,000 women and men are also in forced labour in industrialized countries, trafficked for either labour or sexual exploitation.
International Labour Organisation (ILO) believes that with political will, forced labour can be eradicated. The ILO is promotinga Global Alliance to achieve this, with partner agencies pooling their efforts to wipe out all forced labour worldwide by 2015. Some say that such timeline is short while some other say that it would make a dramatic difference if perhaps a better strategy is adopted.What do you think?
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Additional Links for Reference:
International Labour Organisation - Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour (SAP-FL)
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