Founded in 2017 by best friends Princess Eugenie and Julia de Boinville, The Anti-Slavery Collective’s mission is to eradicate modern slavery for an estimated 50 million people by bringing together change-makers and raising awareness.
There are an estimated 50 million people in modern slavery around the world, including:
12M Children
28M PEOPLE IN FORCED LABOUR 3 MILLION ARE CHILDREN
22M PEOPLE IN FORCED MARRIAGE 9 MILLION ARE CHILDREN
54% women or young girls
“Nearly 1 of every 150 people in the world are living in modern slavery”
WALKFREE GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX
Someone is in slavery if they are…
Forced to work – through coercion, or mental or physical threat
Owned or controlled by an ’employer’ – through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse
Dehumanised – treated as a commodity or bought and sold as ‘property’
Physically constrained or have restrictions placed on their freedom of movement.