Agriculture, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Seafood, Southeast Asia, Uncategorized
Verité conducted desk and field research to map out how jobseekers in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR learn about jobs in Thailand, weigh risk factors and choose among the routes open to them, as well as what those routes – formal or informal – entail. Through 168 interviews with people on or connected with this journey, a picture emerged of a highly complex and dynamic arena in which the needs of jobseekers, job-finders, employers, regulators, facilitators and profiteers meet.
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.
Agriculture, Europe, Extractives, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Institutional Capacity, Seafood
Links to stories we’re talking about in February 2018.
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.
Africa, Agriculture, Child Labor, Construction, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Movement, Health and Safety, Institutional Capacity, Latin America, Middle East, North America, Partnership, Seafood, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub Saharan Africa, Trafficking in Persons Report, Verité, Worker Empowerment
Verité’s vision is a world where people work under safe, fair, and legal conditions. In 2017, we conducted ground-breaking research, amplified our impact, and engaged multinational brands in long-term strategic partnerships towards making this vision a reality. Explore our achievements from last year below, and to support Verité’s work in 2018, please DONATE NOW.
