Paper Chains
Welcome to Paper Chains, a podcast that takes a deep dive into key reports, uncovering exploitation, labor abuses, and global supply chain tracking. This series is a project of Five24, dedicated to shining a light on the facts behind the headlines.
Podcasting since 2025 • 8 episodes
Paper Chains
Latest Episodes
Episode 8 - When Climate Crisis Becomes Trafficking Risk: Gender, Migration, and Exploitation
In this episode of Paper Chains, we unpack a powerful report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) examining how climate change is increasing vulnerability to human trafficking—especially for women and girls. As envir...
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Episode 7 - Farmers Have No Freedom: Hidden Controls Behind Uzbekistan’s Cotton and Wheat
In this episode of Paper Chains, we unpack the Human Rights Watch report “Farmers Have No Freedom”, which exposes how cotton and wheat farmers in Uzbekistan face coercive quotas, state control, land insecurity, and conditions ...
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Episode 6 - Pathways to Change – Smelters, Skills, and Sesame
Welcome to Episode 6 of the Paper Chains Podcast — where we unpack major reports on exploitation and human trafficking and talk through what we’ve read to make these often dense documents more accessible and understandable for everyone. This ep...
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Episode 5 – Reframing Child Labour Due Diligence: Insights from Fifty Eight’s Report
Welcome to Episode 5 of the Paper Chains Podcast — where we unpack major reports on exploitation and human trafficking and talk through what we’ve read to make these often dense documents more accessible and understandable for everyone. This ep...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4 - From Report to Reality: What Changed (and What Didn’t) Between 2023 and 2024
In this episode of Paper Chains, we compare the 2023 and 2024 U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Reports to uncover what’s really changed in the global fight against human trafficking. From shifting country rankings to policy reversals ...
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