A Summary of an Article. Valeria Kazacnenko.

Slavary is a phenomenon with a cenruries-longer history. According to the scientists reserchers more than 13 million people were captured and sold as slaves during 5 centuries (from the 15th century to the 19th century). Nowadays anyone hardly thinks about this problem because it seems being so far from our today's life. Unfortunately, the article, which I have chosen, suggests otherwise. It turns out that the slavary remains the up-to-date issue even nowadays.

I share with you the link where you can read the whole article if you will be interested in it.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-trafficking-persons-one-in-200

People can be called slaves if they work against their will. Now there are more than 25 million people, who do it. Slaves clean houses, produce the clothes we wear, grow and pick fruits and vegetables we eat, work on construction jobs building infrastructure and so on. Moreover, 4.8 million people from 25 are also sexually abused. And, obviously, 99% of all victims are girls or women who are involved in the commercial sex industry.

Statistically, modern slavery is most prevalent in Africa, followed by Asia and the Pacific. But there isn’t a single country that isn’t involved in slavery: 1.5 million victims are living in developed countries.

But why are there so many slaves today? Slavery is big business. Slaves work either for a very small fee or for free. It is very profitable and saves money.

It is interesting to note that the top 10 countries with the highest estimated absolute number of victims are also some of the most populous. Together, these 10 countries – China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines and Russia – comprise 60% of all the people living in modern slavery, as well as more than half the world’s population, according to the Global Slavery Index.


So I think this is a very important issue. Paying attention to it, we can try to get rid of it.

Comments

  1. Natalia EydelmanMay 25, 2019 at 8:58 PM

    Hello Lera,

    you have written a very detailed account of the article you have read.

    However, summaries are usually organised in a different way. Here's a link to the summary template that can help you organise it as is commonly done: https://bit.ly/30wCzTo.

    Also, usually summaries are much shorter because their purpose is to present the main ideas of the reading selection.

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