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Prostitution - A Modern Form of Slavery, Making the Harm Visible, Global Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls, Speaking Out and Providing Services: "We believe that all of the practices I have just described are proper areas of inquiry for the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. We define slavery as the domination and control by an individual or group over other individuals or groups through violence, the threat of violence, or a history of violence. Slavers are motivated by a desire for sexual gratification, economic gain, or power and domination, or a combination of these factors. We reference the definition of slavery in the Convention on Slavery, Forced Labor, and Similar Institutions and Practices: 'Slavery is the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.' All of the practices addressed by the Coalition emerge from the historical reality of the chattel status of women and children and represent an attempt to revive and maintain it. Moreover, as Professor Bales pointed out, unlike traditional forms of slave ownership in which the person enslaved was regarded as a capital investment, to be maintained and guarded over a long period of time, contemporary forms of slavery often reflect a valuation of the enslaved as a temporary, disposable commodity, to be consumed and discarded. "