What are the root causes of modern-day slavery?

By 2021, an estimated 50 million people worldwide were living in modern slavery.

Walk Free, a report by the International Rights Group, suggests the number has risen by 10 million within five years.

The reasons are complex, but extreme weather events, migration and armed conflict expose entire communities to exploitation.

Low-income countries are at the center of this. But findings show that consumerism and demands from rich countries are contributing to the problem.

So what is being done to stop it?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:

Sophie Otiende – CEO of the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery and a human trafficking survivor

Phil Robertson – Deputy Director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch

Grace Forrest – founder and director of Walk Free, an international human rights organization dedicated to eradicating modern slavery and publisher of the Global Slavery Index.