Live debates

Explore modern slavery topics in-depth through our series of popular webinars and hear from survivor advocates, activists, experts, and thought-leaders.

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U.S. Elections 2024: Confronting the legacy of slavery

With California and Nevada on the brink of voting to ban involuntary servitude, we sit down with Katharine Bryant of Walk Free and Jeronimo Aguilar from Legal Services for Prisoners with Children to examine how U.S. prison labor, as it currently operates, perpetuates slavery in the 21st century.

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October 30, 2024

U.S. Elections 2024: Confronting the legacy of slavery

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August 7, 2024

Trafficking and the Olympics: the true cost of the games

We explore the French authorities' "social cleansing" efforts to project a polished image for Paris 2024, and how they have increased risks to survivors and risks of exploitation. PG Macioti from Médecins du Monde France and Roxane Ouadghiri Hassani, Assistant Director at Comité Contre l'Esclavage Moderne, discuss the profound repercussions and uncover the true cost of the Games.

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July 3, 2024

Migration Politics that Kill: How governments exacerbate human trafficking

Are anti-trafficking narratives weaponized globally to justify denying asylum and protection from modern slavery? Panelists Mario Bruzzone, Sophie Cartwright, and Francesca Humi discuss the how current anti-migration policies increase vulnerability to trafficking, exploitation, and death, and explore the problem with conflating anti-migration with anti-trafficking.

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May 14, 2024

Does Fairtrade actually work?

We examined the intricacies of Fairtrade, certification, sustainability, sourcing and ethical consumption with expert speakers Stephen Donnelly from Fairtrade, Adriana Valle from the Fairtrade Producers Network of Latin America and the Caribbean and Juliane Bing from INKOTA.

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November 9, 2023

Black Friday sales: Are your bargains costing someone else’s freedom?

We address the neglected topic of how modern slavery is intertwined with consumerism, centering on Black Friday. Exploring economic, social, and personal decisions to highlight the direct and indirect connection between modern slavery and consumption.

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March 16, 2023

Are labels like Fairtrade the answer to ending exploitation in supply chains?

As store aisles fill up with labels stamped with certification logos, many of us have found ourselves asking: what does it all mean? Umida Nyizova, David Hammond, and Evelyn Bahn discuss the cases of cotton, seafood and cocoa.

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November 3, 2022

Ending slavery through boycotts: right or wrong?

Are boycotts and import bans always best – and can we end slavery using these tools? Tune in for a discussion with Uyghur activist and forced labor expert Jewher Ilham, and labor rights expert Allison Gill.

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April 28, 2022

Qatar, kafala and the World Cup

Activist and blogger Malcolm Bidali, and labor rights expert Nick McGeehan explore the continuing impact of the kafala system on migrant workers in Qatar and what still needs to change ahead of the World Cup.

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April 21, 2022

Dissecting the Freedom United community’s top campaigns

Freedom United's first-ever deep dive event into the community's top campaigns.

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January 26, 2022

How can the tourism sector be allies in ending orphanage trafficking?

We spoke to Go Overseas, an organization placing volunteers abroad, on how the tourism sector can take action to address the harms of volunteering in orphanages and associated trafficking risks.

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January 20, 2022

Discussing Freedom United’s campaign to end orphanage trafficking

We discuss our campaign to end orphanage trafficking, the progress we've seen so far, and what next steps can look like.

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November 18, 2021

Child labor: Do children have the right to decent work?

We sat down with Mavuto Banda, a former child worker and doctoral student, Jonathan Blagbrough, Co-director of Children Unite, and Faith Manyala, from ILO Kenya, to ask is child labor always exploitative?

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