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50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO

50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO

Sep 12, 2022, at 11:01 pm

Geneva: Fifty million people were living in modern slavery in 2021, according to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery . Of these people, 28 million were in forced labour and 22 million were trapped in forced marriage.

Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing

Governments urged to protect poor against modern slavery, step up development financing

Sep 18, 2020, at 02:26 pm

NewYork: Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms of slavery and other exploitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN independent human rights expert has said.