Reasons to Sell your Children│WHY ARGUE? (CPH:DOX 2018)
737 views · Published 11 April 2018 · 26:40 · Indexed 22 September 2026
Channel: THE WHY · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism
Why are 10 million children currently being forced into work? What does it take for a mother or father to sell their own child? Is poverty raising a generation for sale? How can we stop demand from middle class business owners for child labourers? Is there a way to ensure the safety of children in a rapidly growing economy driven by profit? The speakers, Sine Plambech & Aradhna Aggarwal: Plambech is an Anthropologist, Senior Researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies and Visiting professor at Barnard, Columbia University whose specific focus areas include human trafficking and migration. Aggarwal is a lecturer at Copenhagen Business School for the Department of International Economics & Management and former employee at UNDP and the World Bank. __________________________________ WHY ARGUE? is a series of conversations about power structures, facts, media, and the right to ASK WHY. We invite you to an intimate and intriguing dialogue as known from the French Salon tradition. This discussion took place in Copenhagen 21 March 2018. __________________________________ About THE WHY We believe free access to information is a human right. To combat unequal access to information THE WHY produces & donates documentaries to underserved countries and distributes them on a sliding fee scale to other broadcasters around the world. Follow us and learn more about our work: • https://www.thewhy.dk • https://www.instagram.com/thewhyfoundation • https://twitter.com/thewhyfound • https://facebook.com/TheWhyFound/
