Matt Friedman | Modern Slavery Is Getting Worse

About this episode

Matt Friedman discusses the worsening issue of modern slavery and shares insights from his extensive experience in the field.

This podcast has returned to modern slavery three times now. Lisa Kristine showed us its face through her photography. Bruce Ladebu described what it actually takes to pull children out. And Matthew Friedman, in Episode 76, gave us the architecture: thirty-five years working across Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, the UN, and eventually the Mekong Club. That first episode opened with the story of an 11-year-old Nepalese girl in a Mumbai brothel who ran across the room, wrapped herself aroun...

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Faulkner

Guest: Matt Friedman

Topics covered

• modern slavery
• human trafficking
• child exploitation
• social justice
• NGO work
• photography
• UN initiatives

Keywords

• modern slavery
• human trafficking
• child labor
• NGO
• social issues
• Mekong Club
• photography
• UN

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UN, Mekong Club

Places: Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Mumbai, Nepal

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