36 millions d'esclaves dans le monde - Rapport Complet

This is the second edition of the Global Slavery Index
(‘the Index’). The Index estimates the number of people
in modern slavery in 167 countries. This year’s Index also
includes an analysis of what governments are doing to
eradicate modern slavery. In addition to measuring the
extent of the problem and the actions taken, the Index
increases our understanding of the contextual factors that
make people vulnerable to modern slavery.
The Index is the flagship report produced by the Walk Free
Foundation, a global human rights organisation dedicated
to ending modern slavery. The Walk Free Foundation was
founded by Australian philanthropists, Andrew and
Nicola Forrest. The methodology for the Index was
developed by an internal research team and through external
consultations with an international and independent Expert
Advisory Group.
The 2014 Global Slavery Index estimates there are
35.8 million people living in some form of modern
slavery globally.
The estimated prevalence of people in modern slavery has
increased from 2013. It is important to note that we are not
asserting that there has been an increase in modern slavery
around the world over the last year. We believe that the
majority of this increase is due to the improved accuracy
and precision of our measures, and that we are uncovering
modern slavery where it was not found before.
This year’s improved methodology includes nationally
representative random sample surveys undertaken in seven
countries, which provided data points for ten countries.
In addition, we obtained data from a further nine random
sample surveys, increasing the number of countries where
survey data is available to a total of 19. In 2013, we released
the Index with a sense of urgency to raise awareness of
modern slavery while acknowledging that the figures were
an imperfect estimate. As modern slavery is a hidden crime
and notoriously difficult to measure, in 2014, these surveys
have enabled us to have a more precise measurement of the
number of people enslaved. We will continue to improve
the methodology by including more random sample surveys
every year.