Gender Discrimination Archives

What We’re Talking About in September

Africa, Apparel, Gender Discrimination, Human Rights, Recruitment, Seafood

Groundbreaking Agreement to Combat Sexual Harassment at a Major Garment Supplier | A First Look at Employers Using the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa | The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier by Ian Urbina

Verité Addresses Gender Inequity & Forced Labor in the Seafood Sector

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Gender Discrimination, Gender Equality, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, Seafood

Seafood supply chains are complex and rife with vulnerability to human trafficking risks and other labor problems (see infographic below). This past March, Verité attended Seafood Expo North America in Boston, speaking on panels about gender equality and social responsibility in supply chains.

Safe & Fair Migration: East Africa to the GCC

Africa, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Freedom of Movement, Gender Discrimination, Health and Safety, Migrant Workers, Partnership, South Asia

With support from the US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Verité continues work with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kenya, civil society organizations, the Government of Kenya, recruitment industry actors, as well as employers in GCC countries to promote safe and fair migration between East Africa and GCC countries. This project recognizes that East African migrants to the GCC countries are among the most vulnerable, as East Africa has become the new frontier for recruiting labor for low wage jobs in GCC countries.

Working with Women Worldwide

Compensation and Hours, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Verité, Worker Empowerment

Verité’s vision is a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions. Yet, as we scan the globe, it’s all too obvious that women workers are still particularly vulnerable to labor rights abuses across all sectors and geographies. Therefore,...

Verité Launches Website on Human Trafficking Risk in Sub-Saharan African Supply Chains

Africa, Agriculture, Child Labor, Compensation and Hours, Extractives, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Forestry, Gender Discrimination, Health and Safety, Livestock, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Seafood, Trafficking in Persons Report

Verité is pleased to announce the launch of a new web resource, www.verite.org/africa, to help users understand the risk of human trafficking associated with global supply chains operating in sub-Saharan Africa. The African region has acted as a supplier of labor and raw materials to the rest of the world for centuries, often under terms that have resulted in harm to African people and nations. Companies and governments have both an ethical and a legal responsibility to minimize the risks to human rights associated with global economic activity in Africa, including the risk of human trafficking.