Contemporary slavery

institutions of slavery that continue to exist in the present day

thumb|right|upright=1.25|A sweatshop in the United States c. 1890 A sweatshop or sweat factory is a cramped workplace with very poor and/or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging, or underpaid. Employees in sweatshops may work long hours with unfair wages, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage; child labor laws may also be violated. Women make up 85 to 90% of swe

genocide committed by ISIS against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria

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global study of modern slavery

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modern slavery by quasi-state-level jihadist groups

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