SDGs Answer to the Labour Exploitation on COVID-19 Impact

First, let’s define SDG. According to the UNDP or United Nations Dev Program, The
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by
all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect
the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The 17 SDGs are
integrated—that is, they recognize that action in one area will affect outcomes in others, and
that development must balance social, economic and environmental sustainability. Through
the pledge to Leave No One Behind, countries have committed to fast-track progress for
those furthest behind first. That is why the SDGs are designed to bring the world to several
life-changing ‘zeros’, including zero poverty, hunger, AIDS and discrimination.
There are 40.3 million people estimated to be in modern slavery. The COVID-19 impact
efforts to pushes modern slavery, forced labour, human trafficking, and child labour, as
countries committed to in SDG Target 8.7

There are at least three factors why SDGs program under the SDG 8, which is decent work
and economic growth under the supervision of 8.7 entitled, ending modern slavery,
trafficking and child labour, as you can see the logo at the right side of your screens doesnt
push through it is because:

Growing risks of enslavement

COVID-19 also poses serious health risks. Healthcare crises are known to push people
towards risky labour market decisions that can make them vulnerable to modern slavery,
either because they cannot afford to pay for medical care or because they lose their job as a
result of the crisis. This can heighten risks of enslavement.

The COVID-19 crisis is also reducing access to safe and reliable employment. Migrant work
is already being disrupted by border closures and other travel restrictions. Legal restrictions
on economic activity may be increasing risks of exploitation in other contexts. In Amsterdam,
for example, civil society voices have expressed concern for sex workers as nightclubs shut,
and sex work is pushed underground—making workers increasingly vulnerable to trafficking.

employers will have stronger incentives and perhaps greater latitude for exploitation.

Globally, the outbreak is threatening the livelihoods of garment workers. It also seems
foreseeable that the crisis may cause some countries, reliant on large migrant labour forces,
to either curtail that reliance, or to place additional restrictions on migrant workers and limit
their freedom of movement within the host country. Both factors could increase risk to
modern slavery, in the first case by incentivising bribery and corruption in allocation of places
for workers, and in the second case by placing migrant workers at greater risk of exploitation
by employers.
with education systems suspended, children will become more vulnerable to exploitation.

Schools all over the world are shutting down, from India to the US to Iran. This will cause
economic stress for some parents, creating situations that may lead to child labour. –And it
may lead to an increase in child marriage, as well, as a strategy for household capital
formation. A recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests
education-based initiatives are key in alleviating vulnerability to child marriage. If the
disruption to education systems becomes a long-term prospect, child marriage may rise.

Conclusion

Labour Exploitation, Cancer of the Society

In this contemporary world, we cannot change the fact that as if we wish or we want to
remove social issues that involve human rights. Human exploitation is like cancer in our
society. Cancer is disguised within society's body, making it appear as if nothing is wrong.
After a few or perhaps many years, society develops a tumor of oppression, anti-values, a
lack of opportunity, starvation, racial prejudice, and a variety of other forms of stigmatization.
Society is disturbed by the shock of a cancerous tumor of modern slavery. The tumor poses
a threat to society by attempting to spread throughout the body. If the government does not
act quickly to locate and remove the tumor, society may become corrupted.

On the other hand, we also believe that “Lahat ng Sakit ay may Lunas.” The unity of people
fighting for their rights will always be greater than the cancer of labor exploitation. The ability
to work together to achieve a better lifestyle is the people's strength. All employees are
entitled to a safe working environment, fair pay, and protection from exploitation.

This is the time we take a step, to protect and to know our rights. Remember, we should not
let other people oppress us, and we should never oppress other people’s rights. This is
Group 2, discussing one of the pressing issues in this contemporary world, Labour
Exploitation. Maraming Salamat po.

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