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Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage

An estimated 40.3 million people were victims of modern slavery in 2016. In other words, on any given day in 2016, there were likely to be more than 40 million men, women, and children who were being forced to work against their will under threat or who were living in a forced marriage that they had not agreed to.

The 2017 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery are presented as a contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular to Target 8.7, which calls for effective measures to end forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking, as well as child labour in all its forms. It is intended to inform policy making and implementation of target 8.7 and related SDG Targets. These include eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation (SDG 5.2), eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early, and forced marriage and female genital mutilations (SDG 5.3), ending abuse, exploitation, and trafficking of children (SDG 16.2), and facilitating orderly, safe, and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies (SDG 10.7).

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Uploaded on: Nov 16, 2017
Last Updated: Nov 20, 2017
Year Published: 2017


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Resource Type: Practitioner Resources Issues: Community Organizing, Criminal Justice, Gender-based violence, Governance, Accountability & Transparency, Labor & Employment, Policy Advocacy, Women's Rights Tool Type: Reports / Research Method: Improving Governance, Accountability and Transparency, Research Languages: English Regions: > Global