Gender Equality Archives

What We’re Talking About in August 2021

Compensation and Hours, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, Seafood

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, Dies at Age 72. From aflcio.org: “Trumka was the nation’s clearest voice on the critical need to ensure that all workers have a good job and the power to determine their wages and working conditions.” U.S. Black Women...

What We’re Talking About in June

Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Gender Discrimination, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Report of the Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children | New Resource Maps Supply Chains for Pandemic-Fighting Products | ITUC’s Global Rights Index for 2020 Has Been Released

What We’re Talking About in December

Child Labor, Compensation and Hours, Extractives, Gender Equality, Human Rights, Modern Slavery

New Estimates of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains | Modern Slavery is a Problem that Companies Cannot Ignore | Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy’s Exploitation | World’s Largest Fund Drops G4S Over Modern Slavery Fears | And More

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.