The Shortlist of the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017
The return of a slave child
There are an estimated 168 million child slaves today(1). Human trafficking is the third most lucrative business, after drug trafficking and arms dealing(2). Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly West Africa, has the highest incidence of child trafficking in the world(2). The governments of these countries along with NGOs work in the area, caring for them in centres intended to repair these broken childhoods and reintegrate them with their families or, if that is not feasible, facilitating a professional career option. (1) Recent figures from the World Labour Organization (WLO). http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labor/lang--en/index.htm (2) “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons” (2014) prepared by United Nations Office on Drugs
Photos by Ana Palacios
There are an estimated 168 million child slaves today(1). Human trafficking is the third most lucrative business, after drug trafficking and arms dealing(2). Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly West Africa, has the highest incidence of child trafficking in the world(2). The governments of these countries along with NGOs work in the area, caring for them in centres intended to repair these broken childhoods and reintegrate them with their families or, if that is not feasible, facilitating a professional career option. (1) Recent figures from the World Labour Organization (WLO). http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labor/lang--en/index.htm (2) “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons” (2014) prepared by United Nations Office on Drugs
Photos by Ana Palacios
