5 Facts – Modern Slavery

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that 50 million people worldwide live in modern slavery – 28 million in forced labour and 22 million in forced marriage. Children make up 12% of those in forced labour and more than half of them are in commercial sexual exploitation. 181 of the 187 ILO members have ratified the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 which aims to suppress forced labour. In 2014, a legally binding Protocol was adopted to strengthen global efforts to eliminate forced labour.