slavery

As the year comes to an end, some of the human rights issues that should have been tackled and were regrettably not:

E. Benjamin Skinner highlights the growth of slavery and points out that the focus on human trafficking – as pressing as this human rights violation of epic proportions is – has narrowed the issue. “The idea that all prostitutes are slaves and all slaves are prostitutes belittles the suffering of all victims.” And: “for every one woman or child enslaved in commercial sex, there are at least 15 men, women, and children enslaved in other fields such as domestic work or agricultural labor.” Read “A World Enslaved” here.