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Around the world, millions of people are living in
bondage. They labor in fields and factories under brutal employers who
threaten them with violence if they try to escape. They work in homes for
families that keep them virtually imprisoned. They are forced to work as
prostitutes or to beg in the streets, fearful of the consequences if they
fail to earn their daily quota. They are women, men, and children of all
ages, and they are often held far from home with no money, no connections,
and no way to ask for help. [Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, |
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The International Development Association (IDA), a
branch of the World Bank, lends money to the world’s poorest countries. In most cases, though, the assistance hasn’t
helped largely because recipients have failed to address the main causes of
their economic ruin -- corruption, repressed economies, weak judicial systems
and excessive state ownership of key enterprises. |
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Torture is the practice or act of deliberately
inflicting severe physical pain and possibly injury. Torture has been carried
out or sanctioned by individuals, groups and states throughout history from
ancient times to modern day, and forms of torture can vary greatly in
duration from only a few minutes to several days or even longer. Reasons for
torture can include punishment, revenge, political re-education, deterrence,
interrogation or coercion of the victim or a third party, or simply the
sadistic gratification of those carrying out or observing the torture. The
torturer may or may not intend to kill or injure the victim, but sometimes
torture is deliberately fatal and can accompany forms of murder or capital
punishment. The aim may also be to inflict pain but without causing fatal
injury, or sometimes any injury at all. In other cases, the torturer may be
indifferent to the condition of the victim. There is also torture that can be
fatal eventually, but where attempts are made not to kill the victim quickly
to prolong the length of time of the suffering. -- [From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia]. |
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The Prevalence, Abuse & Exploitation of Street
Children - The term street children refers to children for whom the street
more than their family has become their real home. It includes children who might not
necessarily be homeless or without families, but who live in situations where
there is no protection, supervision, or direction from responsible
adults. [Human Rights Watch] |
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Child Prostitution encompasses the exchange of
sexual services for remuneration or for other forms of consideration,
including food, housing, drugs, or other commodities or intangibles such as
approval or care. It is an age old and global problem that has existed
for centuries. Nevertheless, “Historians will look back in
puzzlement at the way our 21st century world tolerates the slavery of more
than a million children in brothels around the world” [Nicholas
D. Kristof, January 22, 2006] |
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