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Title: Addressing Modern Slavery
Author: NOLAN JUSTINE / BOERSMA MARTIJN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 27/08/2019
Imprint: UNSW PRESS
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
Long after slavery was officially
abolished, the practice not only continues but thrives. An estimated 40 million
people are modern-day slaves, more than ever before in human history. Whether
they are women in electronics or apparel sweatshops, children in brick kilns or
on cocoa farms, men trapped in bonded labour working on construction sites, or
girls forced into domestic servitude or sex work, millions of people are forced
to perform labour through the use of force, intimidation or deceit.
Modern slavery is an
integral part of the global economy. It even becomes part of our daily lives
when we use or buy products that are made through exploitative labour
practices. In a world of growing inequality, consumers and business are both
part of the problem and the solution. While we have all become accustomed to
fast fashion and cheap consumer goods, we must take responsibility for
exploitation at different points along complex supply chains. This important
book examines slavery in the modern world and outlines ways it can be stopped.
ISBN: 9781742236438
Dimension: 210mm X 135mm