Charlotte MacDonald
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1,889 appearances
62 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard Apr 2025
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Here's one from Michael Byrne.
Steve McQueen's figure of 21 million comes from a report by the UN's International Labour Organization, or ILO.
Kevin Bales, professor of contemporary slavery at the University of Hull, isn't sure how they've reached this number.
And in fact, the ILO is not keen on using the phrase slavery.
Instead, it prefers to use the term forced labour.
Others, such as the US State Department, prefer the term human trafficking.
Kevin Bales has co-authored a report called the Global Slavery Index, which estimates that there are 29 million slaves, higher than the ILO, which has a more conservative figure and is generally more cautious about the information it puts out.
Dr Alex Bolch from the Centre for the Study of International Slavery at the University of Liverpool in the UK explains why Kevin Bale's approach is different.
The movement to use the term slavery has certainly been adopted by some pretty prominent figures.
That was Barack Obama speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative a couple of years ago.
So if we accept the idea of modern day slaves...
Where are they?
The Global Slavery Index provides figures for each country and ranks them.
In absolute numbers, India tops the list.
Almost half of the world's slaves are estimated to be in this one country.
Here's Kevin Bales again.
There are a number of different types of work they could be forced into.
Journalists, including those from the BBC, have been reporting on slave-like conditions there.
According to the Global Slavery Index, India comes first, followed by China, then Pakistan.
But it's also a problem in Africa, as Nigeria ranks fourth in the world with an estimated 700,000 slaves.
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