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40 million people were victims of modern slavery. This includes: 25 million people in forced labour 15 million people in forced marriage 40 million 5.4 per 1,000 71% 50% 25% PREVALENCE There were 5.4 victims of modern slavery for every thousand people in the world in 2016. There were 5.9 adult victims of modern slavery
The number of people in modern slavery has risen significantly in the last five years. 10 million more people were in modern slavery in 2021 compared to 2016 global estimates. Women and children remain disproportionately vulnerable. Modern slavery occurs in almost every country in the world, and cuts across ethnic, cultural and religious lines.
Modern slavery is a scourge that affects every region of the world. The latest Global Estimates indicate that 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2021. Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.
Forced labour is a severe violation of human rights affecting 27.6 million of men, women and children in all countries and all economic sectors.
The scourge of modern slavery has by no means been relegated to his-tory. The 2021 Global Estimates indicate that 49.6 million people are in modern slavery on any given day, either forced to work against their will or in a marriage that they were forced into. Forced labour accounts for 27.6 million of those in
The new global estimates are a collective effort from members of Alliance 8.7, the global partnership to end forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and child labour that brings together key partners representing governments, UN organisations, the private sector, workers’ and employers’ organizations and civil society in order to ...
The 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery focus on two main issues: forced labour and forced marriage. The estimate of forced labour comprises forced labour in the private economy, forced sexual exploitation of adults and commercial sexual exploitation of children, and state-imposed forced labour.
ratifications. The term “modern slavery” is not defined in international law. At the time of writing, however, the Government of the United Kingdom had introduced a Modern Slavery Bill, and held a series of parliamentary hearings on the subject. This suggests that the umbrella concept of “modern slavery” may henceforth figure in
They have ancient roots in history and still exist today in many different forms. In fact, there are more people in slavery today than at any other time in history. Almost 50 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery in 2021, including about 28 million in forced labour, and 22 million in forced marriages.
Estimating the prevalence of modern slavery provides an overall scope of the problem, enabling targeted policies and actions to be developed at the global, regional and national levels. The 2017 Global Estimate of Modern Slavery will provide benchmark figures against which progress of global efforts to eradicate modern slavery can be measured. 2.