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Modern Slavery
Forced prostitution. Forced labour. Organ trade. Millions of children, women and men are exploited in the most terrible ways, in their own countries and abroad. Human trafficking is a global problem and a grave violation of human rights. Imagine a life without freedom and human dignity!
Wars and armed conflicts
Civil wars, national wars, global wars. All over the world children and young people are growing up without security, without a nation, without a home, without parents. Because of war and conflict. Because the adult world is making terrible decisions and using violence to achieve its means. In war, human rights are violated daily. Imagine a life on the run without knowing where your next meal will come from.
Poverty
Since colonial times the flow of resources between the global south and the global north has been uneven and unjust. The international trade system is based upon this disparity; resources are exploited and extracted, literally robbed, for the benefit of consumers in the wealthy part of the world. Foreign debt creates and maintains poverty, causing the cash flow from the poor to the rich to be five times higher than the aid going the other way. In the age of globalization the drive for profit and economic growth has deprived millions of people of the right to food and a secure livelihood. Imagine a life in which you have no prospect of breaking out of poverty.
Climate change
Climatic changes alter patterns of rain. Unpredictable weather makes it hard for farmers to know when to sow, and the risk of losing crops is a lot higher than before. Climate change is causing droughts and floods and threatens food security. Access to water is progressively more difficult as it is becoming scarce in some places, while floods are washing away farmland and houses elsewhere. Extreme weather conditions such as tsunamis and hurricanes are increasing, with poor countries most severely affected. Imagine a planet strangled by ever-increasing levels of C02 in the atmosphere, caused almost entirely by the rich world.
Education
Education is the key to a future; to a life where you can provide for yourself – a life without poverty. Yet, there are 72 million children in the world who are denied their right to learn, participate and fully contribute to society. To provide education for the world’s population, aid isn’t enough. We have to address the unjust systems that keep countries from providing education, and support social and democratic alternatives to the exploitation of poor countries. Imagine a world where you are powerless to help yourself, let alone others.
Refugees and internally displaced people
45 million people are uprooted from their homes, living as refugees or internally displaced in their own country. 80 percent of all displaced persons are women and children. Many people have lived as refugees for generations and have never experienced the kind of life we take for granted. States fail to give protection to their own populations, and people who have to flee their countries are facing a hostile attitude in more and more host countries. Imagine bringing humanity back into the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers.
