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Modern slavery, School lunch boxes

Modern slavery, School lunch boxes

FromThinking Allowed


Modern slavery, School lunch boxes

FromThinking Allowed

ratings:
Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jan 13, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Modern Slavery: Laurie Taylor explores the tensions and dilemmas at the heart of contemporary struggles against enslavement; from forced labour to sex trafficking. He's joined by Julia O'Connell Davidson, the author of a new study which argues that the 'new abolitionist movement' fails to address the fundamental realities of injustice and exploitation in a globalised world. The writer and journalist, Rahila Gupta, offers another perspective.

Also, school lunchboxes: Vicki Harman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Royal Holloway, University of London, considers the way in which middle class mothers view their children's packed lunches as a reflection of their parenting skills - sometimes struggling to satisfy their children's tastes and keeping on the right side of the school's strict guidelines. Is a home-made cupcake a transgression of rules or a worthy display of good mothering and home baking?

Producer: Jayne Egerton.
Released:
Jan 13, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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