Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Latin America, Partnership, South Asia, Sub Saharan Africa
Target 8.7 of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires that child labor be eliminated by 2015, yet according to the International Labour Organization (ILO), 152 million children around the world are in situations of child labor. Verité is currently working with Winrock and Lawyers without Borders to implement CLEAR II, a project to reduce the prevalence of child labor in eight countries. Lisa Cox is spearheading Verité’s role in this partnership, improving the capabilities of public inspectorates and private companies to identify and address child labor.
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.
Child Labor, Extractives, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Illicit Goods, Institutional Capacity, Manufacturing, Sub Saharan Africa, Verité
Despite a weakening of conflict minerals due diligence requirements in the U.S., legislation continues to advance in other countries. Leading brands are committed to working towards eliminating minerals and metals linked to conflict, criminality, environmental degradation, and human trafficking and other labor abuses from their supply chains.
Africa, Agriculture, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Sub Saharan Africa
In 2017, Verité looks forward to continuing work on the project, Promoting Safe and Fair Migration from Kenya to the Gulf States, in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kenya and HAART, an NGO dedicated to ending human trafficking in Kenya. From Verité’s earliest days, we have been committed to working with partner organizations in the regions in which we work. While meeting face-to-face with our partners in Nairobi last month, we solidified our collaborative approach to build a project that brings together stakeholders from all stages of the labor migration corridor between Kenya and the Gulf states.
Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Europe, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Latin America, Manufacturing, Middle East, North America, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub Saharan Africa
KnowTheChain, a resource for businesses and investors who need to understand and address forced labor abuses within their supply chains, released a new report this month benchmarking global information and communications technology (ICT) companies’ efforts to eradicate forced labor in the production and manufacturing of their goods.
