Podcasts about Global Slavery Index

En septembre 2022, la Commission européenne avait présenté un texte visant à interdire l'entrée sur le territoire de l'Union des produits issus du travail forcé. Une mesure qui, dans le principe, fait évidemment l'unanimité, mais qui pourtant est bloquée par certains acteurs économiques. C'est le cas du monde de l'énergie solaire, qui tente de proposer à la place des mesures moins fermes contre ledit travail forcé.D'après le Global Slavery Index, la production de panneaux photovoltaïques serait le quatrième type de produits le plus touché par le travail forcé cette année dans les importations des pays du G20. Une situation causée notamment par la domination de la Chine dans le secteur, où l'on trouve un tiers des matériaux de base servant à leur fabrication comme le polysilicium, provenant du Xinjiang, là où la minorité ouïgoure serait astreinte à du travail forcé.Le lobby du solaire, représenté par l'association SolarPower Europe, regroupe quasiment 600 sociétés du secteur, et critique cette initiative de l'Union Européenne. Plus précisément, elle s'en est prise à l'ajout du Parlement européen, qui inverse la charge de la preuve dans les situations les plus dangereuses. Concrètement, dans ces cas particuliers, ce serait aux entreprises de montrer qu'elles n'intègrent pas dans leurs chaînes d'approvisionnement des produits issus du travail forcé.Je cite l'association, « on ne sait pas clairement comment les entreprises peuvent légalement démontrer que leur produit est conforme […] Nous craignons que cela ralentisse injustement le déploiement de l'énergie solaire » fin de citation. À la place, SolarPower Europe plaide plutôt pour des mesures déjà présentes dans son programme Solar Stewardship Initiative, qui consiste en la mise en place d'efforts « ciblés » de la part des entreprises du secteur. Ces entreprises souhaitent davantage être plutôt l'objet d'une « vérification par un tiers indépendant. » Problème, pour le cas de régions comme le Xinjiang, les autorités ne laissent pas entrer d'observateurs extérieurs. Ce genre de procédure est donc impossible à déployer. Reste maintenant à savoir si l'activisme du lobby du solaire aura des effets sur la législation, à l'heure où le photovoltaïque fait l'objet de grands projets. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

En septembre 2022, la Commission européenne avait présenté un texte visant à interdire l'entrée sur le territoire de l'Union des produits issus du travail forcé. Une mesure qui, dans le principe, fait évidemment l'unanimité, mais qui pourtant est bloquée par certains acteurs économiques. C'est le cas du monde de l'énergie solaire, qui tente de proposer à la place des mesures moins fermes contre ledit travail forcé. D'après le Global Slavery Index, la production de panneaux photovoltaïques serait le quatrième type de produits le plus touché par le travail forcé cette année dans les importations des pays du G20. Une situation causée notamment par la domination de la Chine dans le secteur, où l'on trouve un tiers des matériaux de base servant à leur fabrication comme le polysilicium, provenant du Xinjiang, là où la minorité ouïgoure serait astreinte à du travail forcé. Le lobby du solaire, représenté par l'association SolarPower Europe, regroupe quasiment 600 sociétés du secteur, et critique cette initiative de l'Union Européenne. Plus précisément, elle s'en est prise à l'ajout du Parlement européen, qui inverse la charge de la preuve dans les situations les plus dangereuses. Concrètement, dans ces cas particuliers, ce serait aux entreprises de montrer qu'elles n'intègrent pas dans leurs chaînes d'approvisionnement des produits issus du travail forcé. Je cite l'association, « on ne sait pas clairement comment les entreprises peuvent légalement démontrer que leur produit est conforme […] Nous craignons que cela ralentisse injustement le déploiement de l'énergie solaire » fin de citation. À la place, SolarPower Europe plaide plutôt pour des mesures déjà présentes dans son programme Solar Stewardship Initiative, qui consiste en la mise en place d'efforts « ciblés » de la part des entreprises du secteur. Ces entreprises souhaitent davantage être plutôt l'objet d'une « vérification par un tiers indépendant. » Problème, pour le cas de régions comme le Xinjiang, les autorités ne laissent pas entrer d'observateurs extérieurs. Ce genre de procédure est donc impossible à déployer. Reste maintenant à savoir si l'activisme du lobby du solaire aura des effets sur la législation, à l'heure où le photovoltaïque fait l'objet de grands projets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Think about the brands you buy, do you know which ones are protecting workers and the environment? In today's episode Sarah chats with Sarah Knop the National Engagement Manager for Advocacy at Baptist World Aid about how we can make more ethical purchasing decisions and contribute to a safer and more sustainable world. She touches on:

An estimated 8000 people experience modern slavery here in New Zealand, according to this year's Global Slavery Index. But Kiwi businesses and their customers could unwittingly be contributing to the misery of many more, due to a lack of knowledge of what's going on in our supply chains. Some 50 million people globally are subject to modern slavery - half in forced labour - which generates about US $150 billion each year. While countries like the UK and Australia have taken legislative steps to combat the problem, the New Zealand government's plans for a modern slavery law has yet to be introduced. A report from World Vision out last month found many businesses don't know where their products are being made, who's making them or whether modern slavery is involved. So how do we shine a light on what's going on in our supply chains? Robin Mellon is the CEO of Better Sydney, and a leading expert on property, supply chains and sustainability.

Um die 8 statt 12 Dollar im Monat haben die Rohingya-Flüchtlinge neu für ihr Essen zur Verfügung. Das UNO-Welternährungsprogramm hat den Betrag schon zwei Mal gekürzt. Warum wird bei diesen Menschen erneut gespart, die 2017 flohen, nachdem sie in Myanmar brutale Gewaltausbrüche erlebten? Weitere Themen: * Opfer von Menschenhandel werden in der Schweiz oft zur Prostitution gezwungen oder zu Arbeiten in der Landwirtschaft, in Restaurants, auf dem Bau oder in Nagelstudios. Zwar belegt die Schweiz im aktuellen «Global Slavery Index» der «Walk Free»-Organisation international den ersten Platz und steht besser da als andere, doch auch hier gibt es noch viel zu tun. * Die Schweizer Reederei MSC lässt in Südasien alte Schiffe verschrotten - unter prekären Bedingungen für die Beschäftigten und die Umwelt. Eine Recherche von «SRF Investigativ» zeigt: In diesem Jahr hat MSC schon fünf Frachtschiffe in Südasien abwracken lassen. * Der jordanische Kronprinz Hussein bin Abdullah II heiratet seine Verlobte Radschwa Al Saif, eine Architektin aus Saudi-Arabien. Royals aus der ganzen Welt und die First Lady der USA, Jill Biden, sind für die Hochzeit angereist.

From the environmental impact of certain materials to the huge waste problems caused by discarded clothing, the fashion industry is problematic. Even more so if social factors are taken into account – after construction, fashion is the world's second biggest driver of modern slavery, according ot the Global Slavery Index. Women represent over three quarters of people involved in abuses.Yet sustainability claims are increasingly popular with fashion brands. In this episode, Silvia talks to author and campaigner Orsola de Castro, the co-founder of Fashion Revolution and one of the best-known voices calling for greater accountability in this space. Orsola argues that clothing labels should provide environmental and social impact information to consumers. She discusses upcycling, greenwashing and our favourite subject – regulation.-Links to Sustainable Views' coverage of the fashion industry: https://www.sustainableviews.com/is-cmas-fashion-greenwashing-probe-start-of-a-wider-clampdown/https://www.sustainableviews.com/norway-declares-leading-sustainability-index-unusable-on-consumer-labels/https://www.sustainableviews.com/new-yorks-catch-all-fashion-act-aims-to-enforce-global-change/Here is Fashion Revolution's ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay' campaign:https://www.fashionrevolution.org/good-clothes-fair-pay/#:~:text=Good%20Clothes%20Fair%20Pay%20is,workers%20are%20paid%20living%20wages.And here is the link to Orsola's book, Loved Clothes Last:https://uk.bookshop.org/books/loved-clothes-last-how-the-joy-of-rewearing-and-repairing-your-clothes-can-be-a-revolutionary-act/9780241461150 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the environmental impact of certain materials to the huge waste problems caused by discarded clothing, the fashion industry is problematic. Even more so if social factors are taken into account – after construction, fashion is the world's second biggest driver of modern slavery, according ot the Global Slavery Index. Women represent over three quarters of people involved in abuses.Yet sustainability claims are increasingly popular with fashion brands. In this episode, Silvia talks to author and campaigner Orsola de Castro, the co-founder of Fashion Revolution and one of the best-known voices calling for greater accountability in this space. Orsola argues that clothing labels should provide environmental and social impact information to consumers. She discusses upcycling, greenwashing and our favourite subject – regulation.-Links to Sustainable Views' coverage of the fashion industry: https://www.sustainableviews.com/is-cmas-fashion-greenwashing-probe-start-of-a-wider-clampdown/https://www.sustainableviews.com/norway-declares-leading-sustainability-index-unusable-on-consumer-labels/https://www.sustainableviews.com/new-yorks-catch-all-fashion-act-aims-to-enforce-global-change/Here is Fashion Revolution's ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay' campaign:https://www.fashionrevolution.org/good-clothes-fair-pay/#:~:text=Good%20Clothes%20Fair%20Pay%20is,workers%20are%20paid%20living%20wages.And here is the link to Orsola's book, Loved Clothes Last:https://uk.bookshop.org/books/loved-clothes-last-how-the-joy-of-rewearing-and-repairing-your-clothes-can-be-a-revolutionary-act/9780241461150 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura is the Co-Founder and CTO of a non-profit organization dedicated to training survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence in coding and other in-demand technology skills.Find Laura Hackney Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LHack47Find Annie Cannons Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/anniecannons Website: https://anniecannons.org/Referenced: National Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ 1-888-373-7888 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/ CyberTip Line: https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline 1-800-843-5678U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: https://www.state.gov/international-and-domestic-law/ www.dosomething.orgInternational Labor Organization: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm Global Slavery Index: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/EasyTRO App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/easytro/id1480069432 Case Study: https://anniecannons.com/easytro-case-study/Awareness Through Aesthetics: https://awarenessthroughaesthetics.com/2020 Awareness Through Aesthetics Virtual Event - Thursday, August 13th @ 6:30pm EDTWe Get Real AF Podcast Credits: Producers & Hosts: Vanessa Alava & Sue RobinsonVanessa Alava LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessahalava/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessahalava/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanessahalavaSue Robinson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannemrobinson/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susanneandthesea/Twitter: https://twitter.com/sociallysue_Audio Producer/Editor: Sam Mclean Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcleansounds/ Website: www.inphase.bizAudio Music Track Title: Beatles Unite - Artist: Rachel K. Collier Website: https://www.rachelkcollier.comIntro Voice-Over Artist: Veronica Horta LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicahorta/Cover Artwork Photo Credit: https://unsplash.com/@alicemooreWe Get Real AF Podcast Online Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wegetrealaf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wegetrealaf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wegetrealaf/ LinThis episode is part of the Summer Throwback series - a re-release of favorite WeGRAF episodes. The We Get Real AF podcast is a production of MicDrop Creative, telling inclusive stories through film and media.Support the show

Selon le Global Slavery Index (2018), il y a plus de 610 000 victimes de la traite des êtres humains en Thaïlande. Mat Boyle, un professionnel de la vente expérimenté, … Read on The post Le BPO comme outil de lutte contre l'esclavage moderne appeared first on Marketing & Innovation.

According to the Global Slavery Index (2018), there are more than 610,000 victims of human trafficking in Thailand. Today's head speaker Mat Boyle, a seasoned sales professional, shared his journey of … Read on The post Business Development Outsourcing as a tool against modern slavery appeared first on Marketing & Innovation.

As a law student at ANU, Women on Boards member Fiona David was already tipped as “destined to work on social justice issues.” This was later confirmed when Perth-born Fiona spent a short stint in corporate law which set her instead on an international path to social justice issues. As she tells Claire in this podcast, it was then she realised she could use her legal skills “without having to be a lawyer in the traditional sense”. Now a leading lawyer, criminologist and specialist in modern slavery Fiona has worked for over two decades at the intersection of crime, law reform and human rights and in 2018 was appointed inaugural Research Chair of Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation. She has also written a book examining what governments can do in preventing and responding to people smuggling. In this podcast, Fiona talks about her career journey - from being flung into the world of human trafficking in the Philippines with the UN in her mid-20s, advising the Attorney General's department on its international human rights obligations in the Howard years, and helping Kenya improve its laws on people smuggling. An expert on modern slavery she was also the first person appointed to Minderoo's Walk Free Foundation leading the team that created the Global Slavery Index, 2014-2018, which provides date on prevalence and government responses to modern slavery in more than 160 countries. She describes this as “an incredible opportunity to get in, and help shape the direction. Not just the direction of a project, not just the direction of a report, but the direction of a whole organization”. Fiona's is a fascinating career which has seen her travel to some of the most dangerous corners of the globe - from Tripoli and east Africa to most of south-east Asia - while listening to the heartbreaking personal stories of the victims of human trafficking. As she says: “I am an adventurer deep in my heart. I feel very compelled to do what I can to help other people and to try and understand why people would put themselves in these incredibly risky situations. Why they got on boats in the horn of Africa, why they risked their lives crossing Sudan, why they risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean to try to get to Europe.” LinkedIn: Fiona David | Claire Braund (host) Further Information: WOB membership, events & services, please visit our website. To receive our weekly newsletter, subscribe to WOB as a Basic Member (free). Join as a Full Member for just for full access to our Board Vacancies, WOBShare (our online member platform) and more.

Africa has the highest prevalence of modern slavery today, with an estimated 9.2 million victims according to the Global Slavery Index. Now, a new app has been designed to allow for the speedy reporting of slavery and forced labour.

They discuss how the pandemic has affected victims of forced labor, the surprising connection between slavery and ecological devastation, and what companies can do to address both of these issues.   Learn more about the Business Integrity Leadership Initiative by visiting our website at https://walton.uark.edu/business-integrity/ (https://walton.uark.edu/business-integrity/)   Links from episode:   Rights Lab: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/index.aspx (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/index.aspx  )   Global Slavery Index: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/ (https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/  )   International Cocoa Initiative: https://cocoainitiative.org/ (https://cocoainitiative.org/)   Tech Against Trafficking: https://techagainsttrafficking.org/ (https://techagainsttrafficking.org/)   U.K. Transparency Law: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide/transparency-in-supply-chains-a-practical-guide)     Article: From forests to factories: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621001894 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621001894)  

Living in a small village in Nigeria, Blessing Okoedion was promised a job in Europe as a computer engineer— only to fall into the hands of human traffickers in Italy. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), an estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were trafficked in 2016. This crime earns profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers as a whole, with $99 billion coming from commercial sexual exploitation. While the majority of sexual trafficking happens in the Asia Pacific region, cases are present in every region of the world, with females constituting 99% of its victims. In this episode, we follow Blessing's journey — from an aspiring doctor to a woman forced into prostitution currently fighting for other victims and survivors. On the show, we talk about the challenges of combatting modern slavery, the solutions needed to address its root causes, and the support needed to advocate for victims. Featuring policy and advocacy insights from experts: Katharine Bryant, Lead of European Engagement at the Walk Free Foundation and co-author of the Global Slavery Index, and Ilias Chatzis, Chief at the Human Trafficking and Migrant Section at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Elders Special Segment Guest: Graça Machel, International Advocate for Women's and Children's Rights, and Founding Member of The Elders Host: Hazami Barmada, Founder and CEO, Humanity Lab Foundation. -- This episode is made possible with the support of Vodafone Americas Foundation. To learn more about their programs and how you can support their network of partners, visit vodafone-us.com -- Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media. Subscribe, rate, and leave us a review. For more information, visit findinghumanitypodcast.com. Follow us on Twitter @find_humanity and on Facebook @findinghumanitypod.

Professor Davina Durgana, award-winning international human rights statistician and professor with almost 15 years of experience developing leading global models to assess risk to modern slavery, gives a talk on their work on modern slavery. Abstract: Dr. Durgana will present her insights on the use of statistics in the global modern slavery vulnerability and prevalence field over the past decade. She will present work on the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery with the United Nations, Global Slavery Index, and on application of Multiple Systems Estimation throughout Europe with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. She will also discuss compelling developments within leading national governments on prevalence estimation and how this work engages with the global policy community.

Professor Davina Durgana, award-winning international human rights statistician and professor with almost 15 years of experience developing leading global models to assess risk to modern slavery, gives a talk on their work on modern slavery. Abstract: Dr. Durgana will present her insights on the use of statistics in the global modern slavery vulnerability and prevalence field over the past decade. She will present work on the Global Estimates of Modern Slavery with the United Nations, Global Slavery Index, and on application of Multiple Systems Estimation throughout Europe with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. She will also discuss compelling developments within leading national governments on prevalence estimation and how this work engages with the global policy community.

Kim Lewis and VOA Television Reporter Hayde Adams Fitzpatrick speak with Dr. Davina P. Durgana, an award winning international human rights statistician and a senior statistician of the Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index. The report explores the need to reframe how we view this human rights violation by viewing modern slavery as an extension of gender inequality that women around the world are subject to every day.

Laura is the Co-Founder and CTO of a non-profit organization dedicated to training survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence in coding and other in-demand technology skills. Find Laura Hackney Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LHack47Find Annie Cannons Online: Twitter: https://twitter.com/anniecannons Website: https://anniecannons.org/Referenced: National Human Trafficking Hotline: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/ 1-888-373-7888 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: https://www.missingkids.org/ CyberTip Line: https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline 1-800-843-5678U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000: https://www.state.gov/international-and-domestic-law/ www.dosomething.orgInternational Labor Organization: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm Global Slavery Index: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/EasyTRO App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/easytro/id1480069432 Case Study: https://anniecannons.com/easytro-case-study/Awareness Through Aesthetics: https://awarenessthroughaesthetics.com/2020 Awareness Through Aesthetics Virtual Event - Thursday, August 13th @ 6:30pm EDTWe Get Real AF Podcast Credits: Producers & Hosts: Vanessa Alava & Sue RobinsonVanessa Alava LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessahalava/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanessahalava/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanessahalava Sue Robinson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sue-robinson-29025623/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/memyselfandfinds/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sociallysue_Audio Producer/Editor: Sam Mclean Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcleansounds/ Website: www.inphase.bizAudio Music Track Title: Beatles Unite - Artist: Rachel K. Collier Website: https://www.rachelkcollier.com Intro Voice-Over Artist: Veronica Horta LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicahorta/Cover Artwork Photo Credit: https://unsplash.com/@alicemoore We Get Real AF Podcast Online Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wegetrealaf/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wegetrealaf Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wegetrealaf/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wegetrealaf Website: https://wegetrealaf.com Support the show (https://wegetrealaf.com/how-you-can-help)

Presented with our friends at Global Citizen. To take action on the issues discussed in this episode head to GlobalCitizen.org/CryPower .Australian activist Nick Grono joins Hozier on Episode 3 of the Cry Power podcast. Nick is CEO of the Freedom Fund - an organisation established to work towards ending modern slavery. He is also the former head of the Walk Free Foundation, where he helped launch the first ever Global Slavery Index.The views expressed in this podcast do not reflect those of Global Citizen or its partners See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Oct. 18th is Anti-Slavery day. Listen as Davina Durgana, an award-winning international human rights statistician, shares how her first mission trip to El Salvador exposed her to the reality of modern slavery. And, it is through this love and devotion to community that gives her the strength to fight this injustice along with some pretty serious mathematical skills. For more information on the Global Slavery Index, go to: https://www.globalslaveryindex.org Need help? If you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, call or text the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline at 1-888-373-7888. Interview Extras Supporting Women in STEM The First Glimpse of Modern Slavery Consumer Products and Modern Slavery How You Can Help Episode 7. Transcript Download the PDF for access to the complete transcript of Davina’s interview here. We want to hear from you! Do you like what you hear? Help us bring you the best content. Please fill out our survey, and let us know what you think. Thank you!

The human trafficking industry continues to have a foothold in many areas. What is being done to help end this type of modern slavery? In this On The Road report, host Laurence Colletti talks to Dr. Davina Durgana and George Jenkot about human trafficking and its role in the casino industry. Data has given new scope to this issue, and they discuss how they use this new knowledge to help identify vulnerable communities and rescue victims. Dr. Davina Durgana is a senior statistician at the Walk Free Foundation and co-author of the Global Slavery Index. George Jenkot is vice president of security and surveillance at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan.

CHECK OUT OUR SHOWNOTES for masses of extra goodness. If only all fashion was fair trade fashion. According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. In Australia, every year we import over $US4 billion worth of clothes and accessories at risk of being tainted by modern slavery. 40 million people globally are trapped in it, and 71 % are women. In this Episode, we hear from ethical fashion pioneer Safia Minney. The founder of People Tree is now heading up fair trade shoe brand Po-zu. She appears in The True Cost. She's an MBE, an activist, and has spoken more than once at the World Economic Forum's meetings in Davos. Safia is the author of 4 books, including her latest Slave to Fashion.  Slave-free fashion is achievable, says Safia. Indeed fashion can be used to empower workers. We discuss how, the challenges and joys of working this way, how she started out - way before ethical fashion was *a thing and what makes her heart sing these days. This episode is brought to you by makers of excellet fair trade totes and tees, Liminal Apparel. Find Safia on social media here  Chat with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Love the podcast? We have a Patreon page - every little helps! We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on iTunes. You can find us on Spotify now too.  

This week: Harriet Howey from Diageo talks to Ian Welsh about how the business tracks the impacts of its social and environmental programmes and the return on investment the company achieves. And another chance to hear Toby Webb and Imperial College's Joss Lyons-White discuss the commitment gaps developing in the palm oil sector. Plus, detail from the latest Global Slavery Index, cities grasping the climate change nettle, deforestation rates in Brazil and the food waste challenge, in the news roundup. Hosted by Ian Welsh

CHECK OUT OUR SHOWNOTES for masses of extra goodness. According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. How does that happen? What can we do about it? In this Episode, you're going to meet Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, a British crossbench peer in the House of Lords who is active in the ethical fashion space and is working to amend the UK's Modern Slavery Act. Modern slavery is, of course, a depressing issue but this episode is not depressing. No, no. It's got the power! It’s all about unleashing your inner activist, understanding the issues and taking positive steps to do something about them - if you’re an individual, they can be really small steps. If you’re in business, they might be bigger ones. Don't forget to check the shownotes for further reading. Lola Young started out as an actor, went onto become a professor of cultural studies then the Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority. She’s been a judge for the Orange Prize for Literature, and The Observer newspaper’s Ethical Awards. In 2004 she was appointed an independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In 2009 she set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, which she co-chairs.  Lola Young is fabulous. What do you think about all this? Please get in touch with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress to let us know. Don't forget to check the shownotes for further resources. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. Love the podcast? We have a Patreon page - every little helps! We are always grateful for ratings and reviews on iTunes. You can find us on Spotify now too.    

On this episode of Deeply Talks, Women & Girls Managing Editor Megan Clement speaks with Katharine Bryant, research manager at the Walk Free Foundation and author of the Global Slavery Index, and modern slavery and transnational criminal network expert James Cockayne of United Nations University, about a new report on modern slavery and how the issues that it raises can be addressed. For more information on issues affecting women & girls in the developing world, visit www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls and subscribe to our weekly emails.

On this episode of Deeply Talks, Women & Girls Managing Editor Megan Clement speaks with Katharine Bryant, research manager at the Walk Free Foundation and author of the Global Slavery Index, and modern slavery and transnational criminal network expert James Cockayne of United Nations University, about a new report on modern slavery and how the issues that it raises can be addressed. For more information on issues affecting women & girls in the developing world, visit www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls and subscribe to our weekly emails.

Nina Smith has been thinking about social justice since she was eight years old. It’s natural that today she is working to end child labor. You might think that child labor is a thing of the past, relegated to black and white pictures from the 1940s. Unfortunate for millions of children around the world, that is not true. According to the Global Slavery Index, 45.8 million people are enslaved in the world today. In the handmade carpet industry alone there are nearly a quarter of a million children who are being exploited. Nina Smith grew up in a Jewish household, where her grandmother taught her the Jewish tradition of tzedakah, or social justice. As an eight-year-old, she was first introduced to her cousin Mark. She was told by her mother and grandmother that Mark would tell her and her sister a story. The story, as it turns out, was the story of the holocaust. “That was the first time I understood about the injustices in the world,” she told me. Nina sees echoes of this injustice in the lives of modern-day slaves. “Very much my childhood influenced the way that I respond to this kind of thing now. People all over the world knew it was happening, the information was there, but people didn’t act soon enough or strongly enough.” She said of child labor, “It’s touching every one of us through the products that we buy.” GoodWeave is transforming the rug industry by certifying child-labor-free rugs. To earn the GoodWeave label, manufacturers must meet certifications standards. They must also agree to random, independent inspections. GoodWeave has freed more than 3,500 children from slave labor. They have reduced child labor by 80% in the handmade carpet industry of South Asia. Children who are rescued, are offered schooling and other basic needs. GoodWeave also prevents child labor by providing opportunities to at-risk children. GoodWeave is expanding their market-based approach to eliminating child labor to new sectors such as apparel, home textiles and agricultural products. Social Entrepreneurship Resources: GoodWeave International: http://goodweave.org Global Slavery Index: http://www.globalslaveryindex.org Target – GoodWeave partnership announcement: https://corporate.target.com/article/2015/09/good-weave-partnership Macy’s – GoodWeave partnership announcement: https://macysinc.com/social-responsibility/socially-responsible-products/default.aspx

This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a worrying report published this week on the number of slaves around the world. The Global Slavery Index reports that around 45 million people worldwide are held in slavery. This is an increase of 15 million people since 2012. The organisation behind the GSI has asked richer countries to fight modern slavery more. Which countries are the best and worst? English News Weekly will explain all... (PDF) Download MP3

This week's English News Weekly podcast reports on a worrying report published this week on the number of slaves around the world. The Global Slavery Index reports that around 45 million people worldwide are held in slavery. This is an increase of 15 million people since 2012. The organisation behind the GSI has asked richer countries to fight modern slavery more. Which countries are the best and worst? English News Weekly will explain all... (PDF) Download MP3

Modern slavery is reported to be rife in South Africa. The Global Slavery Index says there are about 250-thousand people who are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation, forced marriage and forced labour in the country. The Index also noted that South African women have been trafficked abroad, mainly to Europe. South Africa ranks 27th on the Index with Trinidad and Tobago. For a reaction to the report, we're joined on the line by Anelize Theunissen from the National Freedom Network.

In Episode 4 of The Rights Track, Todd asks Kevin Bales, Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the University of Hull, about modern day slavery, the challenges in identifying and counting victims, his work on the Global Slavery Index and how it's used to hold Governments and countries to account over the problem. He also discusses his book, Blood and Earth in which he looks at how modern day slavery and climate change intersect. Here are some notes and links on their discussion: 00.00-6.20 mins Why it's important to measure slavery and why it's a major challenge to do so The advances and pushes that have taken place in the last decade to account for slavery Some historical context around the abolition of slavery The importance of understanding and agreeing a core definition of modern day slavery rather than enumerating examples of it An interesting example of how slavery can operate in India 6.20-11.00 mins The Global Slavery Index - what it is and what it tells us about the prevalence of slavery in the world What data has been collected and is available Issues around sample sizes and how these have been addressed Qatar - how the Index has gathered information from individuals in ‘supplying countries' to determine extent of the problem in a country which won't allow researchers in to determine the extent of slavery 11.00-17.44 Using a scale to ‘name and shame' worst offenders via the media but why this approach has shortcomings How Kevin and colleagues have used the Index to push Governments and countries that ‘should and could' be doing better e.g. Norway The geographical spread of slaves in a country and the developments being made in accounting for that Plans to survey individual states in India The thinking behind the maps presented on the Index and the techniques and sources used to get estimations and predictions for countries where surveys are not undertaken Work published in the Royal Statistical Society's Worldwide Statistics Day issue on the work of the Global Slavery Index 17.45-22.33 mins Prevalence of slavery in Europe - research featured in Human Rights Quarterly Explanation of the ‘Dark Figure' in accounting for crimes - the gap between the reported incidents of a crime and the actual figure and the problems applying that to slavery The large and alarming dark figures for for European, particularly Eastern European countries The proportions of victims of slavery that Kevin estimates are captured in the Index 22.33-30.00 mins Slavery in Great Britain - difficulties of applying surveys in rich countries Using multiple systems estimations in slavery crime (including an explanation of how that works) How Kevin worked with the Home Office and the legal/political/ethical challenges that posed How they used different lists to estimate slavery in GB as 11-15,000 cases Positive response from policy makers and civil servants and other countries in using this approach How these techniques could be employed at a local level Why reliable metrics can help progress 30.00-end Kevin's book Blood and Earth Ecocide - what it is and why we need to think about it How Kevin came to investigate the links between slavery and environmental degradation The links between deforestation and slavery Some interesting facts and figures around slavery and what happens when you take deforestation into account What all this means for climate change i.e. the enforcement of anti slavery laws could help reduce carbon emissions Additional reading for interest from our collaborator Open Democracy Workers' rights really are human rights Beyond slavery

December 29, 2014 - Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://onforb.es/1vnjfzF. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Joe Schmidt has had a lot of success in his life as an entrepreneur. At this stage of his career, he could be doing just about anything he wants, including nothing. That’s what makes Schmidt’s new venture so interesting. Schmidt has launched a nonprofit crowdfunding platform called ENDcrowd for the express purpose of ending human trafficking around the world. As the founder of the successful internet business Canvas on Demand, Schmidt may be just the guy to catalyze the world to end slavery. Schmidt says, “The prominence and magnitude of the problem is astounding: An estimated 35.8 million people are the powerless victims of human trafficking,” citing the Global Slavery Index for 2014. “Human trafficking is estimated to be a $150 billion a year industry and is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise,” he adds, citing the International Labor Organization. Within the nonprofit community fighting trafficking a scary statistic is often cited, he says, “Nonprofits battling the issue operate on a comparatively minute budget of an estimated $100 million, combined – that’s a staggering 1 percent of the money generated yearly by the very industry they are fighting.” Please consider whether a friend or colleague might benefit from this piece and, if so, share it.

The Legatum Institute hosted the International Justice Mission (IJM) for a discussion and pre-launch of a new book authored by Gary Haugen, Founder and CEO of IJM, and Victor Boutros, Federal Prosecutor for the US Department of Justice. Speakers included Gary Haugen and Kevin Bales, lead author of the Global Slavery Index and Co-Founder and former President of Free the Slaves. The discussion was moderated by the Legatum Institute's Director of the Transitions Forum, Anne Applebaum.

Joyce welcomes back, Kevin Bales, world renowned author, expert on modern slavery, and co-founder of Free the Slaves, the U.S. organization of Anti-Slavery International (the world's oldest human rights organization). While a title for his new book has not been finalized yet, Mr. Bales will discuss its topic, the link between modern slavery and environmental destruction. He will also discuss the release of a Global Slavery Index, the first ever measure of slavery globally, with information about what countries are doing to combat it.