An estimated 30 million people worldwide are living in modern-day slavery, according to the inaugural Global Slavery Index published on Oct. 17 last year.
The index, compiled by the Walk Free Foundation (WFF), said that while India by far had the largest number of enslaved people, the problem was most prevalent in the west African nation of Mauritania, where four percent of the population was deemed to be held in slavery.
The WFF hopes the annual index will help governments to monitor and tackle what it calls a “hidden crime.”
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“A lot of governments won’t like hearing what we have to say,” chief executive Nick Grono told AFP.
Established in May last year, the WFF is a 20-strong team based in Perth on the Australian west coast, founded by philanthropists Andrew Forrest — the chairman of Fortescue Metals Group — and his wife Nicola.
The foundation’s definition of modern slavery includes slavery itself, plus slavery-like practices — such as debt bondage, forced marriage and the sale or exploitation of children — human trafficking and forced labor.
(AFP)
根據去年十月十七日公佈的首份全球奴隸指數指出,估計有全球三千萬人活在當代的奴隸制度下。
這份由自由行基金會彙整的指數表示,雖然印度奴隸人口最多,但奴隸問題最猖獗的地方是在西非國家茅利塔尼亞,國內有百分之四人口被當成奴隸。
自由行基金會希望藉由每年公布指數,來幫助政府監控和處理這種「隱藏性犯罪」。
執行長尼克‧葛羅諾告訴法新社說:「有許多政府不會喜歡聽我們所說的事。」
去年五月成立的自由行基金會,由一個位於澳洲西岸柏斯的二十人小組組成,由福特斯克金屬集團暨慈善家安德魯‧弗瑞斯特和他的妻子妮可拉創辦。
該組織對現代奴隸的定義包含奴隸行為本身,加上類似奴隸的行為—像是債奴、逼婚和販賣或剝削兒童,以及人口販賣和被迫勞動。
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A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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