Experts: Modern Slavery Is Real and 40 Million People Are Trapped In It

Nearly 150 years after most countries officially abolished it, more than 40 million people remain trapped in modern slavery — either forced into labor or marriage. Women and girls account for 71% of these victims. Meanwhile, an additional 152 million children (64 million girls and 88 million boys) are subject to child labor — almost one in ten children around the world. This may not sound like the world we think we live in, but it is.