Slavery is largely overlooked in the South Asia region’s. The Asia region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labor victims in the world. The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 16.5 million and 8.4 million persons were in situations of forced labor and forced marriage, respectively, in Southern Asian countries.

India alone is estimated to have the largest number of people in modern slavery in the world, with nearly 11 million people living in modern slavery.