16 000 people live in modern slavery in Armenia

Baku. 23 July. REPORT.AZ/ 16 000 people live in modern slavery with a population of 2,917,000 in Armenia.

Report informs citing the News-Armenia, non-profit international organization Walk Free Foundation reported.

Armenia occupied the 68th place among 167 countries on the relative indicator of modern-day slavery, while among the countries of Europe and Central Asia – ranked 13th out of 50 countries.

The Fund estimates that there are 40.3 million people in the world who are in modern slavery, which 71 per cent of them are women.

The global slavery index 2018 presents a ranking of countries by the number of people in modern slavery, an analysis of the activities taken by governments to respond, and the factors that make people vulnerable.