For tens of millions of people around the world, slavery isn’t a vestige of the past, but a reality. In Australia alone, an estimated 41,000 people were living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021. Like all nations, Australia is at risk of perpetuating this phenomenon, not only within its borders but through the products it imports.
The Forrest Research Foundation launched its latest Perth Dialogue focused on modern slavery with contributing writers Professor Dame Sara Thornton (former UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner), Associate Professor of Law Dr Fiona McGaughey (The University of Western Australia) and Mr Chris Evans (inaugural Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) through an in-conversation event on Wednesday night at the City of Perth Library.
Moderated by Serena Grant (Director of Business and Human Rights at Walk Free, Minderoo Foundation), these eminent thinkers covered the importance of addressing modern slavery, why should we care and what we can all do to stop it. To read the Perth Dialogue, visit here. A recording of the in-conversation panel discussion will be made available soon.
This event was presented in partnership with The UWA Institute for Advanced Studies and the UWA Public Policy Institute.
Feature image: (Left to right) Mr Chris Evans, Dr Fiona McGaughey, Prof. Dame Sara Thornton, Ms Serena Grant, Prof. James Arvanitakis.
Photo and videography credit: Manny Tamayo Photography
