Screen shot from “How the Cossacks Rescued Their Fiances” (1973).
‘Traditional’ bondage in Mauritania; forced prostitution in Europe; and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, an estimated 45.8 million were subjected to some form of slavery in 167 countries, according to the Global Slavery Index.
Even though slavery continues to plague us, discussions about human trafficking or slavery are seldom part of mainstream public discourse, and rarely do these conversations cater to children.
But an episode from a classic Ukrainian cartoon series broke taboos around addressing human trafficking as early as 1973. And now thanks to YouTube, almost half a century later, “How …read more
Source: Global Voices
