Slavery was abolished
in the mid-19th century all over the world, but now it has gotten a
new name, modern slavery. One sort is bonded labo(u)r which is most widespread
in South Asian countries such as India and Pakistan, but it can even appear in
Britain. Any country can encounter this serious threat any time whether one is the west or not. It
flourishes year by year due to the world’s poverty and discrimination in
society. Especially limited access to education, justice and jobs for
discriminated groups makes it difficult to get out of poverty. The need for
cash for their survival forces people to work more in exchange for a loan.
Laws against bonded labor are not implemented properly, specifically in the
poor countries. Indeed, there are several significant gaps in the protection of
domestic workers. For instance, when people who are in debt want to leave the
system, landlords or employers
use /resort to some coercion, violence
or intimidation. Domestic workers are not safe from this mistreatment. In addition, it is also necessary to make a new rule in order to eradicate the new modern slavery. Since a person is forced
to work to pay off a debt and a man who is the owner of the company deceives the person to
work for little or no pay, with no control over their debt. New laws should enable
them not to be dependent on the owner and instead of the government. Also, a controllable repayment system is necessary for such people. By doing this, several
problems would be solved easily.
Women and children are
most vulnerable parts of the society. If the government encouraged children to
enroll, regularly attend and remain at school, they would learn about their social
rights and achieve their own economic stability earlier. Thus, they could even work on their own
to repay their debt and so wouldn’t have to be under the control of another
person. Education is most important, if the government convinced women to know and use
their legal employment rights, that would help break the cycle of bonded labor.
All in all, people are
still facing this sort
of slavery, bonded labor. To eradicate this problem, the government should
undertake responsibility for ruling and
implementing new labo(u)r laws. In addition, people who suffer from this problem
should learn about labo(u)r rights and educate themselves well to protect
themselves from being controlled by anyone.
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