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Facts about slavery. 20.9 million people are in modern slavery across the world. 5.5 million children are in slavery across the world. 11.7 million people are in slavery in the Asia-Pacific region, mostly in bonded labour. 3.7million people are in slavery in Africa.
Aspects of slavery. A stream of evidence presented to United Nations human rights bodies, notably the Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, as well as studies and the findings of special rapporteurs, give an accurate picture of current slavery-like practices.
Modern slavery occurred in every re-gion of the world. Modern slavery was most prevalent in Africa (7.6 per 1,000 people), followed by Asia and the Pacific (6.1 per 1,000) then Europe and Central Asia (3.9 per 1,000). These results should be interpreted cautiously due to lack of available data in some regions, notably
An estimated 50 million people were living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021, an increase of 10 million people since 2016. Walk Free’s flagship report, the Global Slavery Index (GSI) provides national estimates of modern slavery for 160 countries.
Modern slavery is the very antithesis of social justice and sustainable development. Through the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global community has committed to ending modern slavery among children by 2025, and universally by 2030 (Target 8.7).
of slavery are prevalent today – it is estimated that there are currently at least 12 million men, women and children in slavery around the world.2 This resource encourages student awareness of the various forms of modern slavery, with a particular focus on trafficking, the fastest growing form of slavery today.
key drivers of modern slavery (in order of impact): governance issues, lack of basic needs, inequality, disenfranchised groups, and effects of conflict. • The 2018 Global Slavery Index (GSI) revealed that countries suffering from conflict and repressive regimes have the highest prevalence of modern slavery. North Korea has the
