Soas Radio London > a lecture about trafficking and forced labour. Responses to forced labour continue to be shaped by powerful images that construct only certain types of workers as potential ‘victims’. This talk will reflect on a ESRC Knowledge Exchange project to develop a ‘Platform on Forced Labour and Asylum’ with the aim to translate academic findings into tools for tackling forced labour among refugees and asylum seekers. This was a follow-up to the first UK study to focus on forced labour experiences among refugees and asylum seekers – a group not commonly considered in trafficking approaches. The Platform brought together academics and civil society partners including NGOs, unions, legal representatives and charities. The talk will describe the work done by the Platform to produce a guide, posters and postcards for people working in frontline advice and support agencies, the challenges of developing straightforward guidance from research seeking to highlight social complexity, and the benefits and challenges of this type of ‘knowledge exchange’ soasradio.org/content/development-professional-practice-seminar-knowledge-exchange-platform-forced-labour-and
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 23:24:00 +0000
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