First published in Transform Magazine.

Introduction

The report calculates that, of 24.9 million victims of forced labour, 16 million are in the private economy, 4.8 million are in forced sexual exploitation and 4.1 million are in state-sponsored forced labour, including mandatory military conscription and agricultural work. Women and girls accounted for 71% or 29 million of all the victims in 2016.

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