I am currently on a speaking tour of Australia. The hectic schedule, an average of four speaking engagements a day, has kept me busy. I have, however, been delighted by the response of the many people I’ve meet along the way. More postings about my journey are sure to come.
In addition to speaking I was asked to write an editorial for the Australian daily, the Courier Mail. Here is an excerpt:
In our globalised world we can no longer think of slavery as something that happens “over there”.
In fact every time you go to the supermarket you are potentially fueling this boom in human trafficking and slavery – in which the greatest victims are children.
If you eat chocolate or drive a well-known brand of car with tyres from one of the bigger-name companies, chances are these products have raw ingredients linked to human slavery, exploitation and trafficking.
Recently there has been a push for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to remove chocolate from Parliament House vending machines.
