Global Estimates of Modern Slavery

On 12^th September, 2022, the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage report was published by the International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM) and international human rights group Walk Free. Some of the major findings include:

Forced Labour: There are 27.6 million people in situations of forced labour on any given day.

• Women and girls make up 11.8 million of the total in forced labour.
• More than 3.3 million of all those in forced labour are children.
• Asia and the Pacific is host to more than half of the global total (15.1 million), followed by Europe and ....