85,000 Moroccans, with a rate of 2.3 out of every 1,000 persons, are modern slaves, according to the Global Slavery Index 2023.
The Walk Free human rights organization published the Global Slavery Index, in which Morocco ranks 135th out of 160 nations in terms of modern slavery.
Morocco is not considered to be one of the nations where this phenomenon is common, according to the report.
Forced labor, forced marriage or servitude, forced sexual exploitation, human trafficking, and the sale and exploitation of minors are all forms of modern slavery.
Morocco was found to have a 44% exposure to modern slavery, based on indicators, such as the number of people living in the street, social equality, income distribution within the population, the presence of law enforcement, political stability and political rights, and women’s physical security, harassment at work, nutritional deficiencies, and access to clean water.
The index showed that the Moroccan government’s efforts to combat modern slavery are at a 40% rate, 54% of criminal justice systems are being activated and 57% of risk factors are being addressed.
The report stressed the necessity for Morocco to make child sexual exploitation illegal in accordance with international laws.
The report urged Morocco among other nations to enhance access to education, outlaw forced marriage, and ban underage marriages, among other things.
Morocco has not yet made all kinds of modern slavery illegal, but African legal systems have improved over the past four years, and Morocco is one of the five African nations that allows all children access to birth registration systems, according to the report.
There are 50 million modern slaves worldwide, and 4 million men, women, and children work under forced labor in Africa, particularly in the industries of mining, agriculture, fishing, and domestic work.
Social protection offers services such as birth registration, access to education, unemployment insurance, universal health care, decreased vulnerability to forced marriage, and basic income security to all survivors of modern slavery.
The report also recommended collaborating with corporations and civic society to create initiatives to end all forms of labor abuse.
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