50m Enslaved Worldwide, Including 12m Children

50m Enslaved Worldwide, Including 12m Children

There were an estimated 50 million people around the world in conditions of forced labor and forced marriage in 2021, according to a report published in late May by Walk Free Foundation. Walk Free defines modern slavery as “situations of exploitation that a person...

Report: Nearly 46 Million Enslaved Worldwide

Slavery is “more rampant than any time in history” with 45.8 million slaves worldwide, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index published by the Walk Free Foundation (WFF). Fifty-eight percent of this total are enslaved in five nations – Bangledesh...