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5 enlightening facts about Atlantic slave trade

September 25 2014, 15:33pm

Posted by Guillaume

In 1980, Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. Unfortunately, there's a big (a huuuge) difference between official things and the daily reality. Indeed, we estimate that about 27 million person are currently enslaved around...

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Slavevoyages.org : a database about Trans-Atlantic slavery

September 22 2014, 14:14pm

Posted by Guillaume

A few days ago I was researching slavery to understand how it concretely worked in the past and I found a fascinating website that I'd like to present you : this is called slavevoyages.org This website, created by Emory University, is the most comprehensive...

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5 great books about slavery

September 8 2014, 16:36pm

Posted by Guillaume

This is not a top 5, I just want to briefly present 5 books I read about slavery. Each of them talks about a different kind of slavery and are, in my opinion, the best in their category. Don't hesitate to let a comment to talk about the books which influenced...

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Nestlé's cocoa plan : a good initiative for workers

August 13 2014, 16:11pm

Posted by Guillaume

Nestlé UK & Ireland has announced it is on target to achieve 100 per cent cocoa from sustainable sources by end of 2015. This announcement not only rewards a several year work by the company under its Nestlé Cocoa Plan, launched in 2009, but it also provides...

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700 million women married before 18

July 23 2014, 15:44pm

Posted by Guillaume

This is the unbelievable truth : we currently are 7 billion people on earth, so 3.5 billion of women, and 20% of them were married before 18. According to a survey released by the UNICEF ahead of the first Girl Summit, there are indeed 700 million women...

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Global Report on Slavery: Half the top 10 nations are African

June 6 2014, 09:48am

Posted by Guillaume

Slavery means slavery, forced labor, or human trafficking. “Slavery” refers to the condition of treating another person as if they were property–something to be bought, sold, traded, or even destroyed. “Forced labor” is a related but not identical concept,...

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