Slavery – It’s Still With Us

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Guest : Amber Erdenechuluun and John Flynn, Human Security Policy Studies Center November 14 2010 The profits from human trafficking worldwide total more than $30 billion annually. An estimated 1.5 million people, mostly women and children, move against their wills within countries and across international borders every single year. They’re put to work, used as sex slaves, and denied their freedom. It is a modern form of slavery. It is, in fact, the fastest growing international criminal trade, and is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest overall.But there are a multitude of efforts taking place to combat human trafficking. The UN system, international organisations, and non-governmental organizations are both raising the profile of the issue and implementing measures to slow and reverse it.One of these is the The Human Security Policy Studies Center (HSPSC), a non-governmental organization based in Mongolia. Two representatives of HSPSC -Amber Erdenechuluun and John Flynn – chatted with Think Globally’s Dave Trouba during a visit to Geneva this month. They were in Geneva to take part in the UN Human Rights Council’s ‘universial period review’ on human trafficking and other issues. Join us this Sunday for an informative and insightful look at one of the world’s lesser-known development challenges. Download Think Globally Radio 2010 11 14

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