The second annual edition of the Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index has found that globally, almost 36 million people are subject to modern slavery. While incidences of slavery were ...

The Global Slavery Index is published annually by the Walk Free Foundation. Last year, the Walk Free Foundation worked with the International Labor Organization to produce a report that estimated ...

This week, Sheikh is in London as part of a team launching the Global Slavery Index, a report compiled by Walk Free, a non-profit foundation that seeks to end modern slavery. Since its last ...

The world's 20 wealthiest economies accounted for about half of the people worldwide living in "modern slavery," according to a new report. The report released this week by Walk Free, an ...

Global estimates of modern slavery have improved over time. In 2013, Walk Free’s first Global Slavery Index reported 29.8 million persons enslaved. But that estimate was based almost entirely on ...

The estimates are likely to be undercounts, as “modern slavery” often remains hidden and taboo to discuss, said Jacqueline Joudo Larsen, Walk Free’s deputy director and head of global research.

The warning comes as Walk Free, the human rights organisation founded and led by Ms Forrest, releases its latest global slavery index on Wednesday. The comprehensive international study ...

The second annual edition of the Walk Free Foundation’s Global Slavery Index has found that globally, almost 36 million people are subject to modern slavery. While incidences of slavery were ...