Fri, September 25, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. This event takes place online. Please click link below for RSVP information
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Sparks
Associate Director, University of Nottingham Rights Lab
Investigative journalism and emerging scholarly research have posited links between fish stock declines and poor working conditions including modern slavery. However, in the rush to solutions to end such atrocities this relationship is often oversimplified and the Global South almost exclusively spotlighted. This oversimplification is also compounded by a paucity of data, the inaccessibility of exploited fishers hidden away at sea, and a lack of international consensus on defining, identifying, and using the term modern slavery. This talk will unpack these challenges while presenting and critiquing evidence on the multidirectional and non-linear relationships between fish stock declines and working conditions, specifically highlighting the processes that facilitate these interconnections across a multitude of geographies.
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