The myths and miseries of Modern Slavery: Insights 30 years at the UN

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CONTENT WARNING: This talk explores modern slavery, human trafficking and labour exploitation. While the presentation is educational in nature, some topics may be distressing for some audience members.

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Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

Your Topic:
What does 'modern slavery' actually mean, and what does it look like today?

The exploitation of vulnerable people is not simply a problem of the past. It persists in the form of human trafficking, forced and abusive labour, domestic and sexual coercion, and the servitude of children, migrants and other vulnerable workers.

In this thought-provoking talk, internationally respected human-rights expert June Kane AM looks beyond the headlines and the terminology to examine the realities of exploitation: how it happens, the myths that disguise it, and the human misery from which others profit.

Drawing on more than three decades advising the United Nations, governments, employers and trade unions worldwide,…