Walk Free Foundation

The Walk Free Foundation is an organization attempting to end contemporary slavery and human trafficking. The organization was founded by Andrew Forrest and Nicola Forrest. Its CEO is Nick Grono. It is known for its Global Slavery Index.

In 2013, the Walk Free Foundation became a founder of the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery non-profit organization.

The Global Slavery Index presents an annual ranking of 167 countries based on the percentage of a country’s population that is estimated to be in modern slavery.

The index provides rankings across three dimensions:

The Global Slavery Index is a tool that provides greater understanding of the issue for citizens, non-governmental organisations, businesses, and public officials so that they can build sound policies that will end modern slavery. All data involved in producing the Global Slavery Index are also available for public download and interrogation from the website.

The index is controversial. According to researchers Andrew Guth, Robyn Anderson, Kasey Kinnard, and Hang Tran, an analysis of the index's methods reveals significant and critical weaknesses and raises questions about its replicability and validity. Moreover, the publicity given to the index is leading to the use of its poor data not only by popular culture and reputable magazines and news outlets but also by academic journals and top policy makers.

The Walk Free Foundation has stated that it "welcomes constructive criticism".

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