Slavery in the 21st century

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Slavery still exists in the 21st century. It is usually called modern slavery or neo-slavery. The ways in which people are made slaves, or kept in slave-like conditions have changed. There no longer is a definition everyone agrees on.^[1] Estimates of the number of slaves today, range from around 38 million^[2] to 49.6 million,^{[3][4] [5]} depending on the method used to form the estimate and the definition of slavery being used.^[6] Those in slavery are often difficult to identify, and difficult to count.

The International Labour Organization^[7] estimates that, by their definitions, over 40 million people are in some form of slavery today. 24.9 million people are in forced labor, of whom 16 million people are exploited in the private sector such as domestic work, construction or agriculture,^[8] 4.8 million people in forced sexual exploitation, and 4 million people in forced labour imposed by state authorities.^[8] An additional 15.4 million people are in forced marriages.^[8]

1. ↑ Paz-Fuchs, Amir. "Badges of Modern Slavery". The Modern Law Review. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
2. ↑ "Forced labour – Themes". Ilo.org. Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
3. ↑ Kelly, Annie (1 June 2016). "46 million people living as slaves, latest global index reveals". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
4. ↑ "What is modern slavery?". Anti-Slavery International. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
5. ↑ "What is Modern Slavery? | Hope for Justice". hopeforjustice.org. 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
6. ↑ "Walk Free". The Minderoo Foundation. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
7. ↑ International Labour Organization (19 September 2017). "Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage". International Labour Organization. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking)". www.ilo.org. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-22.