March 28, 2025 11:00 AM | Global Efforts in Dealing with Human Trafficking: A Focus on Child Trafficking
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This talk explores Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7, which sets an ambitious target: eradicating forced labor, modern slavery, and human trafficking while eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2025. Yet, as this deadline approaches, significant gaps remain, raising critical questions about the feasibility of this goal. Was SDG 8.7 overly ambitious, or have global efforts fallen short? In 2022, estimates from the IOM, ILO, and Walk Free Foundation indicated that 50 million people were living in conditions of modern slavery. In response, governments and international organizations have introduced legislative and trade regulations to enforce due diligence across global supply chains. But have these measures effectively curbed trafficking and exploitation? This talk examines the impact of these policies, the challenges in implementation, and the lessons learned in the global fight against modern slavery.
About the series
This talk is part of the Lecture Series on Perspectives on Global Human Trafficking, which examines the complex dynamics of modern slavery, the effectiveness of international policies, and the evolving strategies to combat human trafficking in a rapidly globalizing world.
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The event will be held online via a zoom webinar on Friday, March 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM.
Speaker Bio
Kingsley Kwame Gyamera Abrokwa is a child labor specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’s Regional Office for Africa. With a strong background in migration and child protection, Kingsley has worked extensively to support the safe return of stranded migrants and trafficked persons with the International Organization for Migration, UN Migration. He also worked to support the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Child Labour Free Zone project and has spent years collaborating with security agencies to rescue, rehabilitate, and reintegrate trafficked children. Kingsley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Population and Family Life Education and a Master of Arts in Population and Health, with additional training from Tulane University. He has a deep passion for advocating for children, particularly those with mental disabilities. Outside of his professional commitments, Kingsley enjoys playing basketball and is eager to pursue a PhD in the near future.
Moderator
The event is a collaboration between the Global Center on Human Trafficking and Research on Interdisciplinary Global Studies (RIGS).
