TNPSC Thervupettagam

“Global Estimates of Modern Slavery” report

September 18 , 2022 803 days 612 0
  • The 2021 Global Estimates for Modern Slavery, was recently released by the International Labour Organization.
  • In 2021, 50 million people were living in modern slavery.
  • Of which 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.
  • 52 per cent of all forced labour are found in upper-middle or high-income countries.
  • 86 per cent of forced labour are found in private sector.
  • Forced labour in sectors other than commercial sexual exploitation accounts for 63 per cent of all forced labour.
  • An addition of 6.6 million people are victims of forced marriage in 2021 when compared to 2016 global estimates.
  • Migrant workers are more than three times likely to be in forced labour than non-migrant adult workers.

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