Young people are very often the victims of human trafficking. But they are also passionate activists against it.
Because of the coronavirus, schools across Asia have been intermittently closed for over a year. But that has not diminished the activism of students determined to end modern-day slavery. According to the Global Slavery Index, 25 million women, men and children are enslaved in the Asia-Pacific region. Students from Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo and Noida, India are motivated to make it stop.
In a special Freedom Project 10th anniversary virtual conference, the students are joined by two anti-slavery activists -- Matt Friedman of the Mekong Club and Victoria Ahn of the Fair Employment Agency -- to discuss the factors that fuel labor exploitation.
They also determine an action plan to end forced labor, especially in the textile and seafood industries.
Here are the highlights.
