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Walk Free
Walk Free is an international human rights group based in Perth, Western Australia. Its goal is the end of modern slavery.
The initiative was founded by Grace Forrest in 2011. Walk Free is best known for the publication of the Global Slavery Index, now in its fifth edition (published in 2023).
In 2013, Walk Free became a co-founder of the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery non-profit organisation. The Freedom Fund works to tackle the many forms of modern slavery in regions where it is most highly concentrated.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7, part of a framework adopted by the United Nations in 2015, seeks to end modern slavery by appealing to the international community. Walk Free's approach to achieving SDG 8.7 involves building a knowledge base to inform action and driving legislative change in countries in partnership with faiths, businesses, academics, NGOs, and governments. Through these partnerships, direct implementation, and grassroots community engagement, Walk Free believes that modern slavery can be eradicated.
In 2017, the inaugural Global Estimates of Modern Slavery were produced by the International Labour Organization and Walk Free in partnership with the International Organization for Migration. The analysis drew on data from nationally representative surveys implemented through the Gallup World Poll including a module on modern slavery in 48 countries, and data from the Global Slavery Index Vulnerability Model.
Acknowledged data gaps in earlier editions of the Global Slavery Index, including lack of data on forced sexual exploitation and children in modern slavery, were addressed by adopting a combined methodological approach when developing the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. This involved drawing on three sources of data:
The Global Slavery Index presents a ranking of 160 countries based on the percentage of the population estimated to be in modern slavery.
In 2013, Walk Free released the first edition of the Global Slavery Index. Later editions were released in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023. The 2018 Global Slavery Index Vulnerability Model provided a risk score for 167 countries, while the Government Response Index provided an assessment on 181 governments.
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Walk Free
Walk Free is an international human rights group based in Perth, Western Australia. Its goal is the end of modern slavery.
The initiative was founded by Grace Forrest in 2011. Walk Free is best known for the publication of the Global Slavery Index, now in its fifth edition (published in 2023).
In 2013, Walk Free became a co-founder of the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery non-profit organisation. The Freedom Fund works to tackle the many forms of modern slavery in regions where it is most highly concentrated.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7, part of a framework adopted by the United Nations in 2015, seeks to end modern slavery by appealing to the international community. Walk Free's approach to achieving SDG 8.7 involves building a knowledge base to inform action and driving legislative change in countries in partnership with faiths, businesses, academics, NGOs, and governments. Through these partnerships, direct implementation, and grassroots community engagement, Walk Free believes that modern slavery can be eradicated.
In 2017, the inaugural Global Estimates of Modern Slavery were produced by the International Labour Organization and Walk Free in partnership with the International Organization for Migration. The analysis drew on data from nationally representative surveys implemented through the Gallup World Poll including a module on modern slavery in 48 countries, and data from the Global Slavery Index Vulnerability Model.
Acknowledged data gaps in earlier editions of the Global Slavery Index, including lack of data on forced sexual exploitation and children in modern slavery, were addressed by adopting a combined methodological approach when developing the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. This involved drawing on three sources of data:
The Global Slavery Index presents a ranking of 160 countries based on the percentage of the population estimated to be in modern slavery.
In 2013, Walk Free released the first edition of the Global Slavery Index. Later editions were released in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2023. The 2018 Global Slavery Index Vulnerability Model provided a risk score for 167 countries, while the Government Response Index provided an assessment on 181 governments.