SlaveFree Today Podcast

The SlaveFree Today podcast is an extension of the work of SlaveFree Today and the Journal of Modern Slavery with our focus on practical solutions in the struggle to end modern slavery. It is a part of our work to transcend disciplinary boundaries by fostering collaboration, encouraging conversation, and igniting action. The mission of our podcast is to illuminate practical steps toward a slavefree world. We invite you to join us and be part of the solution.

Season 2, Episode 1: Purva Gupta and Victor Ochen Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 06/26/2021

Season 2, Episode 1: Purva Gupta and Victor Ochen Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis In consideration of the UN’s World Day Against Child Labour this month, our special episode welcomes Purva Gupta, the Global Coordinator for the Global March Against Child Labour, and Victor Ochen, the Founder and Executive Director of African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET) to talk about about challenges to the work of ending child labour, about focusing on local needs, and suggestions for solutions. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/19613534

Episode 15: Giulia Laganà Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 06/21/2020

Episode 15: Giulia Laganà Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Dr. Tina Davis and Giulia Laganà discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers and forced laborers. Giulia leads the Open Society European Policy Institute’s analysis and advocacy on EU policies on migration and asylum. A migration expert with 15 years of experience, Laganà was a senior adviser on migration, human rights, EU and international affairs to the president of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in Rome from 2013 to 2016. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/14904032

Episode 14: Tomoya Obokata Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 06/07/2020

Episode 14: Tomoya Obokata Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Dr. Tina Davis and Tomoya Obokata discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human trafficking and modern slavery. Mr. Obokata is a Japanese scholar of international law and human rights, specialising in transnational organised crime, human trafficking and modern slavery. He was appointed as the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences in March 2020. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/14732630

Episode 13: Brynn O'Brien Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 04/24/2020

Episode 13: Brynn O'Brien Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Dr. Tina Davis and Brynn O’Brien discuss climate change, and how climate change is linked to human rights issues, such as modern forms of slavery and severe exploitation, and what shareholder activism is, and how this can influence better performance on environmental, social and governance issues. Brynn is a lawyer and strategist, and the Executive Director of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/14129336

Episode 12: Terry Collingsworth Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 04/13/2020

Episode 12: Terry Collingsworth Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Terry Collingsworth is the founder and Executive Director of the International Rights Advocates. He has been practicing law in the United States for over 35 years, and for the last 25, has specialized in international human rights litigation. He has worked all over the world addressing a wide range of human rights issues. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/13963049

Episode 11: Cindy Berman Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 03/12/2020

Episode 11: Cindy Berman Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Cindy Berman is a freelance senior consultant. At the time of the interview she served as Head of Modern Slavery Strategy at the Ethical Trading Initiative and she speaks on their behalf. In her former role, she lead ETI’s efforts to tackle forced labour, child labour, human trafficking and modern slavery – working with companies, trade unions, civil society and governments. Inher new role as freelance Senior Consultant, Cindy continues to provide strategic advice and thought leadership on human rights. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/13526198

Episode 10: Kieran Guilbert Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 02/19/2020

Episode 10: Kieran Guilbert Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Kieran Guilbert is the London-based Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Editor for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, leading a global team of nine journalists reporting on the topics. He has written several exclusives on the UK deporting survivors of modern slavery despite fears over re-trafficking, a rising numbers of former child slaves being denied refugee status in Britain, and labour exploitation on Indian tea plantations stamped slavery free by ethical certification schemes. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/13221506

Episode 9: Leonardo Sakamoto Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 02/12/2020

Episode 9: Leonardo Sakamoto Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Leonardo Sakamoto is a Brazilian journalist with an unwavering commitment to the protection of fundamental freedoms in Brazil. In 2001, he established Repórter Brasil, an NGO dedicated to monitoring and combating forced labor in Brazil. Leonardo discusses Brazil’s current system to fight contemporary slavery; slavery in the Brazilian Amazons and the linkage with other issues like environmental destruction, human rights and crime; and the need for a treaty that tackles contemporary slavery in supply chain /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/13123367

Episode 8: Urmila Bhoola Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 01/14/2020

Episode 8: Urmila Bhoola Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Urmila Bhoola is UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, including its Causes and Consequences, and Patron for the Journal of Modern Slavery, Ms. Urmila Bhoola joins Dr. Tina Davis in our first podcast episode of 2020. At the start of a new year and decade they do a stocktaking of where we are today with the global anti-slavery efforts, and what responses are needed to more effectively tackle the global modern slavery slavery challenges of the new decade. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/12710360

Episode 7: Chloe Setter Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 12/18/2019

Episode 7: Chloe Setter Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Chloe Setter, Senior Advisor: Anti-Trafficking, Modern Slavery & Voluntourism at Lumos, talks with Dr. Tina Davis about the harms of institutional care for children. She discusses the complex interplay between orphanages and child trafficking and shares Lumos’ new campaign helpingnothelping.com (#helpingnothelping) to end orphanage tourism and voluntourism. Learn what you can do to help! /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/12448829

Episode 6: Jessica Hubley Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 12/07/2019

Episode 6: Jessica Hubley Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Jessica Hubley, CEO of AnnieCannons, an NGO and software development company that trains and employs survivors of human trafficking and gender based violence, talks with Dr. Tina Davis about AnnieCannons' unique and innovative model to empower and educate marginalized women and arm them for success. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/12313172

Episode 5: Heather Moore Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 11/25/2019

Episode 5: Heather Moore Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Heather Moore, Managing Director for the Monash University Trafficking and Slavery Research Group and Member of the Journal of Modern Slavery Advisory Board, talks with Dr. Tina Davis about Australia’s Modern Slavery legislation — its strengths and challenges — and contextualizes it among other global legislation to address modern slavery. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/12161402

Episode 4: Kevin Hyland interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 11/06/2019

Episode 4: Kevin Hyland interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Dr. Tina Davis interviews Kevin Hyland, former UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and current Chair of the Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment with the Institute for Human Rights and Business. Mr. Hyland authored SDG 8.7 and led efforts for its inclusion in the UN’s 15-year global goals for sustainable development. In 2018, Mr Hyland was elected as Ireland’s representative to the Council of Europe Independent Group of Experts for Trafficking. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/11933204

Episode 3: Dr. Ina Hut interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 10/23/2019

Episode 3: Dr. Ina Hut interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis In Episode 3, Dr. Tina Davis interviews Dr. Ina Hut. Dr. Hut discusses “Open Your Eyes”, an exhibition that is an initiative of CoMensha, which is the national coordination centre against human trafficking in the Netherlands that works to improve the lives of victims of human trafficking. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/11756618

Episode 2: Victor Ochen interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 10/05/2019

Episode 2: Victor Ochen interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis In Episode 2, Dr. Tina Davis interviews Victor Ochen, Director and Founder of African Youth Initiative Network (AYINET, at africanyouthinitiative.org), a victims-led peace movement that he established in 2005 in Northern Uganda. Victor founded AYINET in the trail of destruction experienced by victims of mass atrocities during the 20-years armed conflict in Uganda. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/11304458

Episode 1: Fiona Reynolds Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis 09/27/2019

Episode 1: Fiona Reynolds Interviewed by Dr. Tina Davis Journal of Modern Slavery Assistant Editor Dr. Tina Davis interviews Fiona Reynolds. Fiona is Chair of the Liechtenstein Initiative’s Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. The Commission has just presented their final report to the UN: A Blueprint for Mobilizing Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking. In this episode, Fiona elaborates on the role of the financial sector in the ongoing battle against human trafficking and modern slavery. /episode/index/show/slavefreetoday/id/11416010

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