Ep 269: The Secrets Of Modern Slavery with Abda Khan and Anita Asante
There are 13,000 slaves in the UK and 48million slaves in the world right now, what are the signs of Modern slavery and how can we spot them.
Harriet is joined this week by Carrie Grant who is sitting in as Natalie and Emma take time off over the summer.
The ladies are joined by Lawyer and Writer Abda Khan are they are discussing her new book “Razia” in which the main character thanks she has encountered a victim of a Modern Slavery and Domestic Violence, we follow her as she tries to uncover this injustice.
Abda is explaining to Harriet and Carrie what modern slavery looks like, the different forms it can take and how you can recognise the signs and why it’s so hidden even today.
Abda says her first novel “Stained” helped many women to “rise above” the abuse they had experienced and report it to Police, she talks about how she has used the tool of fiction writing to expose issues that she comes across in her career as a lawyer and other topics she would like to tackle next.
And we get a final fix of the Women’s World Cup from Anita Asante Pro player for Chelsea and England, she is debriefing the ladies on the response to this years world cup and the effect it will have on Women’s Football
She shares how she started playing football as a kid and her journey to becoming Pro and how she has found being a woman in what is typically a “mans game”
And Harriet and Carrie learn about the Adobe Stock campaign which is aiming to empower young women to join in the game by creating images of female football stars to be used in the media that young women can relate to and be inspired by.
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