The release of Modern Slavery Data Stories
Governments Are Not Effectively Tackling Modern Slavery, New UN Data Tool Shows Human Wrongs Watch 29 March 2019 — A new UN data tool created by the United Nations University’s Centre for Policy Research , has revealed that, worldwide, government aid and policy to end modern slavery is not being effectively directed towards the places where the practice is most prevalent.* ILO/A. Khemka | Forced labour often means unpaid wages, excessively long work hours without rest days, confiscation of ID documents, little freedom of movement, deception, intimidation and physical or sexual violence. ILO/A. Khemka The release of Modern Slavery Data Stories , a series of easily understandable animated graphics, gives detailed pictures of the ways that factors related to modern slavery have changed over time, and comes during a period when over 40 million people are living in slavery, more than ever before in human history.