With over 27 million slaves living in the world today, it is true that there are more slaves now than at any other time in human history. This is absolutely true and should under no circumstance be taken lightly. But it must also be acknowledged that these slaves ultimately represent the smallest percentage of the global population in bondage at any one time in that very same history.
If you’ve read any of my recent posts on the subject (see panel to your right), you’ll understand that the fight for global abolition is just beginning. Questions surrounding definition, policy, will, and ability have kept governments from acting for generations. For the victims, it is a matter unimaginable fear and uncertainty that has kept most from speaking out.
But today, on Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday, solace can be drawn in knowing that the plight of these voiceless millions are at least being discussed.
The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) just released its first ever Global Report on the subject and although the message wasn’t overwhelmingly positive, a significant progress is being made.
This blog is simply a description of what I see around me in the world today. Using whatever relevant knowledge I have acquired throughout my life time, my intention is to continue writing articles that are interesting to me, with opinions and biases that are absolutely my own. 
