The most common line of work for victims of forced labor worldwide in 2021 was services excl. domestic work. More than ** percent of the forced labor victims worked in this industry. Manufacturing was the second most common line of work, followed by construction. However, there are significant gender differences; roughly ** percent of women worked in other industries which includes illicit activities such as prostitution, compared to percent of men. Furthermore, nearly ** percent of women were deployed in domestic work, compared to only **** percent of men.
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