Delta 8.7

With Target 8.7 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 193 countries pledged their commitment to take effective measures to eradicate modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced and child labour.

But what are effective measures? What works to address these problems?

To answer these questions, UNU-CPR created Delta 8.7—an innovative project that helps policy actors understand and use data responsibly to inform policies that contribute to achieving Target 8.7. Delta 8.7 highlighted the most useful data, evidence, research and news, analyzed cutting-edge data, and helped people understand that data so it could be translated into effective policy. The project was generously supported by the UK Home Office’s Modern Slavery Innovation Fund.

‘Delta 8.7—the Alliance 8.7 global knowledge platform’ was established during Phase 1 of the project. Phase 2 continued the development of Delta 8.7, making innovative use of computational technologies, including the online knowledge platform, and this platform was deepened and extended with context-specific research as well as policy guidance identified collaboratively with researchers, policy makers, civil society, and other stakeholders.

With only a short time to achieve the goal of taking effective measures to end human exploitation by 2030, the outputs developed by Delta 8.7 serve as a resource for both policymaking and research communities. Delta 8.7 thanks the wide network of dedicated individuals and organizations who contributed to the development of the platform, and who continue to develop, implement, and study new policies and practices in the anti-slavery field.

Delta 8.7’s project milestones included:

• 193 UN Member State data dashboards that compiled and visualized publicly available Target 8.7-related data and evidence, accompanied by additional information to help interpret the data and summaries of government efforts to tackle modern slavery
• Five regional data dashboards and one global dashboard
• 200 articles written by 167 experts from 88 organizations
• Three evidence-based, research community-created policy guides
• Five in-country workshop briefings, 101 learning opportunities, and eight symposia.

Selected Delta 8.7 outputs

Policy Reports

• Cash Transfer Mapping Report

• What Works to End Modern Slavery? A Review of Evidence on Policy and Interventions in the Context of Crisis  

• Delta 8.7 Crisis Policy Guide

• Justice Policy Guide

• Justice Policy Guide (French)

• What Works to End Modern Slavery? A Review of Evidence on Policy and Interventions in the Context of Justice
• Delta 8.7 Markets Policy Guide 
• What Works to End Modern Slavery? A Review of Evidence on Policy Interventions in the Context of Markets
• Delta 8.7 Policy Guides and Data Patterns

Thematic Overviews

• Conflict and Humanitarian Settings
• Development Assistance 
• Financial Sector
• Health 
• Law Enforcement
• Survivor and Victim Support

Symposia

• Using Tech-Driven Data to Address Child Labour
• Measurement, Action, Freedom to Achieve SDG Target 8.7
• The Antislavery in Domestic Legislation Database
• The Gendered Measurements of Slavery
• The Path to 2025: Lessons from Efforts to Combat Child Labour
• Tomorrow's Slavery, Today

Country Forums

Brazil

• Domestic Slave Labour in Brazil
• Migration and Modern Slavery
• Slave-Like Labour in Brazil and the Vida Pos Resgate Project

Other Resources

• Data Dashboard Resources
• Developing Freedom: The Sustainable Development Case for Ending Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking
• Measuring the Change
• Modern Slavery Data Stories
• History of Code 8.7