Walk Free

Walk Free
Formation2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FoundersAndrew Forrest
Founded atPerth, Western Australia
TypeNonprofit
PurposeHuman rights (Slavery)
HeadquartersPerth, Western Australia
ProductGlobal Slavery Index
Websitewww.walkfree.org

Walk Free is an international human rights group based in Perth, Western Australia. Its goal is the end of modern slavery.[1]

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7 – part of a framework adopted by the United Nations in 2015 – seeks to end modern slavery by appealing to the international community.[2] Walk Free's approach to achieving SDG 8.7 involves building a knowledge base to inform action and driving legislative change in countries in partnership with faiths, businesses, academics, NGOs, and governments. Through these partnerships, direct implementation, and grassroots community engagement Walk Free believes modern slavery can be eradicated.

The initiative was founded by Grace Forrest in 2011. Walk Free are best known for their publication of the Global Slavery Index, now in its fourth edition.

In 2013, Walk Free became a co-founder of the Freedom Fund, an anti-slavery non-profit organisation. The Freedom Fund works to tackle the many forms of modern slavery in regions where it is most highly concentrated.[3]

  1. ^ "Walk Free | The Minderoo Foundation". Minderoo.org. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms – Indicators and a Monitoring Framework". Indicators.report. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ "What we do | The Freedom Fund". Freedomfund.org. Retrieved 14 March 2022.