1. WHY DOES SLAVERY EXIST IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD? ARE OUR DESTINIES FIXED OR DO WE SHAPE THEM?

3. SOME GEOGRAPHERS CHOOSE TO DIVIDE THE WORLD INTO TWO TYPES OF COUNTRY MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (MDCS) RICH COUNTRIES LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCS) POOR COUNTRIES

4. MDCS = BLUE LDCS=PURPLE, PINK, AND RED

5. MDC REGIONS WESTERN EUROPE NORTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND EAST ASIA – KOREA AND JAPAN

6. LDC REGIONS SOUTH AMERICA EASTERN EUROPE CENTRAL AMERICA EAST ASIA SOUTH ASIA MIDDLE EAST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF LDCS AND MDCS LDCS LOW LITERACY RATES HIGH INFANT MORTALITY RATES HIGH BIRTH RATES RELATIVELY HIGH DEATH RATES OUT MIGRATION LESS COMPUTERS, CELL PHONES, ROADS… MDCS HIGH LITERACY RATES LOW INFANT MORTALITY RATES LOW BIRTH RATES IN MIGRATION ALL THE COMFORTS OF THE MODERN WORLD

9. HOW DO LDCS AND MDCS CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL SLAVERY? LDCS MINERS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MINE COLTAN, TUNGSTEN AND TIN. 90% OF THESE MINERS ARE IN SOME FORM OF SLAVERY MDC COLTAN, TUNGSTEN AND TIN ARE USED IN MANY OF THE HIGH TECH ELECTRONICS PEOPLE USE IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA: CELL PHONES, COMPUTERS, HD TVS

11. HOW DO LDCS AND MDCS CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL SLAVERY? LDCS UP TO 1.5 MILLION WORKERS ARE FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN UZBEKISTAN TO PICK COTTON EVERY YEAR AT HARVEST TIME MDC ALMOST 50% OF CLOTHES SOLD IN U.S. ARE MADE IN CHINA AND BANGLADESH THE TOP IMPORTERS FROM UZBEKISTAN

12. HOW DO LDCS AND MDCS CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL SLAVERY? LDCS PALM OIL IS HARVESTED AND PURIFIED BY SLAVE LABOR IN INDONESIA, MALAYSIA AND SIERRA LEONE MDC PALM OIL USED IN 70% OF COSMETICS (MAKE-UP) AND FOODS

13. VOLUNTARY AND FORCED MIGRATION VOLUNTARY MIGRATION A PERSON WILLING MOVES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER FORCED MIGRATION A PERSON MOVES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER UNWILLINGLY.

15. OTHER FACTORS FOR SLAVERY LITERACY/EDUCATIONGENDER GAP THE ABILITY TO READ AND WRITE COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF SLAVERY ALSO HAVE LOW LITERACY RATES: PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION THAT CAN READ AND WRITE INEQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN EDUCATION, EARNINGS, AND SOCIAL STATUS ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR SLAVERY.

16. GENDER DEVELOPMENT INDEX