Verité’s New Approaches to Fighting Abuse of Indian Workers in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Verité’s New Approaches to Fighting Abuse of Indian Workers in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

Africa, Asia, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Migrant Workers

Through generous funding by the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), Verité is continuing to support workers navigating risks in new labor markets between Uttar Pradesh, India and the Gulf States. This project focuses on building capacities of partners to provide guidance to workers during the recruitment process in Uttar Pradesh, and to safely navigate systems for addressing any exploitation they may encounter during employment in the Gulf.

2020: A Year in Review

2020: A Year in Review

Africa, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Ethical Recruitment, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Forestry, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, raw materials, South America, Southeast Asia, Verité, Worker Empowerment

Typically at the end of a year, we at Verité ask ourselves two questions: 1) What did we do to further our vision of a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions?, and 2) How did we fulfil our mission to provide the knowledge and tools to eliminate the most serious labor and human rights abuses in global supply chains?
This year, we answer these questions considering both how we have met the issues the pandemic presents and how we have fulfilled our mission despite the pandemic. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2020.

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

2019: A Year of Impact, Achievement, and Optimism

Africa, Agriculture, Apparel, Asia, Central America, Child Labor, Civil Society, Compensation and Hours, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Sector, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Latin America, Living Wages, Manufacturing, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Modern Slavery, Partnership, raw materials, Recruitment, Seafood, South America, Southeast Asia, Technology, Verité, Worker Empowerment

While we are humbled by the great deal more we need to accomplish, we are proud of what we have been able to achieve this past year. Please join us in a review of selected notable projects from 2019.

Improving the Enforcement of Child Labor Laws in Five Countries

Improving the Enforcement of Child Labor Laws in Five Countries

Africa, Asia, Child Labor, South America

The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 152 million children worldwide are engaged in child labor. For the past four years, Verité partnered with Winrock International and Lawyers Without Borders to address this problem by providing technical assistance to governments in five countries: Burkina Faso, Liberia, Nepal, Belize, and Panama. The project had three goals: to improve governments’ response to child labor, decrease the number of children exploited, and increase awareness of child labor in the private sector.