According to the most recent Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, which were released by the International Labour Organisation, International Organisation for Migration, and international human rights organisation Walk Free, about 50 million people were subject to modern slavery worldwide in 2016. Of those, 28 million were forced into labour, and 22 million were forced into marriages. In 2021, there were 10 million more individuals in modern slavery worldwide than there were in 2016 estimates, with women and children being disproportionately susceptible. Eighty-six percent of incidents of forced labour occur in the private sector, and 23 percent of those cases involve forced commercial sexual exploitation, with nearly four out of five victims being female. There were 6.6 million more people living in forced marriages in 2017 than there were in 2016, according to global figures. 65 per cent of forced marriages are found in Asia and the Pacific. Arab States have the highest prevalence