Over 40 million people today are trapped in modern slavery and conditions of severe exploitation worldwide. One in four of them are children, and almost 71 percent are women and girls. Governments are already behind in their commitment to eradicate modern slavery and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 by 2030. Data about this form of human rights abuses and vulnerabilities can be difficult to collect and patterns of exploitation difficult to see. On top of that, armed conflict, natural disasters, and other humanitarian settings increase vulnerability to certain forms of forced labor, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labor. In response, some organizations and researchers are looking into available data and the potential of computational science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning tools to help stop modern slavery.
Doreen Boyd, Rights Lab Associate Director (Data and Measurement Programme) and Professor of Earth Observation, will be speaking at this month’s Data for Peace conversation to answer questions and explore practical examples where state-of-the-art AI are combined with novel data streams to advance the eradication of modern slavery.
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