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Presentation Overview
- Overview of ILO-Walk Free Foundation Global Estimates of Modern Slavery
- Forced Marriage Detection at Airports- Supply Chain Transparency at Airports- Airlines Successes: Airline Ambassadors International
Walk Free Foundation
Founded in 2012 with a mission to end modern slavery in our generation
Photo credit (first slide): Ismail Ferdous
Photo credit: AP Photo/ Dita Alangkara
How we work
Operational definition
1. Exploitation that cannot refuse or leave.
2. Because of force, threat, coercion, abuse of power.
Photo credit: iStock
Context: Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 8.7, end modern slavery, forced labor & human trafficking
SDG 16.2, trafficking of children
SDG 17, partnerships & measurement
What did we measure?
ModernSlavery
Forced Labour
Forced Marriage
Other (not
covered)
What did we measure?
Forced labour
State-imposed
Private-imposed
Forced sexual exploitation
Forced labour exploitation
ILO sources
IOM dataILO & Walk
Free surveys
How did we measure?
SurveysThis is an old disease in the village that if you are not able to pay off
your debts you will have to work as a bonded laborer in the field of a
powerful person. - 54 year old Female, India
I was locked up and punished, sometimes I spent a whole day
without eating- 54 year old Female, Mauritania
Withheld of my papers and my passport . Then they forced me to sell the drugs to repay debts of my brother who was
in the Italian prison at that time- 27 year old Male, Tunisia
Brought to islands and up to forest to work as lumberjack, but
employer didn’t supply food and pay wage, so I had to escape back.
- 40 year old Male, Vietnam
Survey filter questionsHave you or has anyone in your immediate family ever been:
• forced to work by an employer?
• forced to work by an employer to repay a debt with that employer?
• offered one kind of work, but then were forced to do something else and not allowed to leave?
Survey filter questionsHave you or has anyone in your immediate family, including children, ever:
• had to work in order to help another family member who was forced to work by an employer?
• been forced to work for an employer so that another person would receive a job, land, money or other resources?
Survey questions
• Physical violence• Sexual violence• Threats of violence• Threats against family• Locked in work or living
quarters• Kept drunk/drugged• Punished through
deprivation of food, sleep, etc.
• Punished through fine/financial penalty
• Threats of legal action• Withheld passport or
other documents• Had to repay debt• Withheld wages• Too far from home and
nowhere to go• Other
What stopped you leaving?
Limitations• Few surveys in Arab States
• likely to lead to underestimate in this region
• Not possible to survey in conflict zones• Results in an underestimate of modern slavery in
the relevant regions
• Internal migration not captured in surveys• Gaps - children, institutionalised
populations• Child soldiers not covered
18Sp
Massive Under-reporting
Addressing labour rights and social protection
Migration and Conflict
A perfect storm
An estimated 45.8 million people are in some form of slavery
“When armed conflict breaks out, the rule of law
is one of the first casualties. In the chaos of conflict and violence, a perfect storm of
lawlessness, slavery, and environmental destruction
can occur—driving the vulnerable into slave-based work that feeds into global
supply chains...” Photo credit: Ismail Ferdous
Forced Marriage and Airport Detection
An estimated 45.8 million people are in some form of slavery
Karma Nirvana and multiple non-profits
focus on advising vulnerable people to forced marriage to facilitate detection and help by airport
staff and TSA.
Supply Chain Transparency at Airports
An estimated 45.8 million people are in some form of slavery
Supply chain transparency in sub-contractors for airport services: risk management issue.
Ground service workers handling baggage, pushing wheelchairs, cleaning plane
cabins, etc.- Human Resources support
and multilingual hotlines are helpful!
Airline Ambassadors and Airline Detection
“Since 1996, Airline Ambassadors
International teams have provided
82 training presentations to 6,000 front line
personnel at airports across the United
States ...”
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Contact informationDavina Durgana