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71% of modern slaves are women and girls
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Pika hikki.team Pika@hikki.team
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According to International Labour Organization, 29 million slaves - 71% of the estimated total - are women and girls. They also comprise 99% of forced labour workforce in sex industry, and 84% of forced marriages.

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LordFireCrotch lemmy.today LordFireCrotch@lemmy.today
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Dang that's crazy.

I hate this is almost 10 years old (from 2017)

Really seems like something that should be studied more often if it's not already.

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Pika hikki.team Pika@hikki.team
Joined: 2025-07-07
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Dang that's crazy. I hate this is almost 10 years old (from 2017) Really seems like something that should be studied more often if it's not already.

Slavery is a complicated field to study, for obvious reasons, so the data is often sparse. But I wholeheartedly agree.

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