71% of modern slaves are women and girls
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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.
I hate this species. It's 2026 and we still have to read such maddening headlines.
Did you ever consider this crazy idea, that we as a species are developing backwards from holy half-gods to primitive aliens to this wonderful planet?
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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