Sex slavery and human trafficking

Description

Around 400,000 women are trafficked into this country every year and forced to work as sex slaves. Journey is a public installation created to expose the stages of suffering experienced by these women and to raise the public profile of their situation. In this RSA lunchtime talk, Emma Thompson, a trustee of the Helen Bamber Foundation, and Helen Bamber, founder of the human rights organisation, explain how this installation came about, explore the broader issues it raises about the plight of women who are trafficked as sex slaves, and discuss what can be done to help them.

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44 min

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Date of Publication

2007

Database

Alexander Street

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