Uncategorized, Verité
Over the summer, Verité welcomed eight interns to work on projects across multiple departments. Summer interns made meaningful contributions to our organization, from helping us integrate gender perspectives into our work to researching the role of labor brokers across sectors, in addition to other interesting and important work.
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. Through interviews with people on or connected with this journey, a picture emerged of a highly complex arena in which the needs of jobseekers, job-finders, employers, regulators, facilitators, and profiteers meet.
Africa, Child Labor, China, Europe, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Southeast Asia, Technology, Uncategorized
Companies in Southeast Asia Lag on Human Rights | Netherlands Adopts Child Labor Law Due Diligence | New Belt and Road Tracker by Benn Steil | Germany Aims to Use Strict Law to Improve Work Conditions in Africa
Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Uncategorized
Forced labor is prevalent in the manufacture of the technology we rely on every day. KnowTheChain has produced its second ICT Benchmark Report ranking 40 global technology companies on how they address forced labor in their supply chains. The initial report was...
Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Movement, Health and Safety, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Uncategorized
On December 18th, Verité will join the global community in celebrating International Migrants Day. International migration and the human rights of migrant laborers is a common theme in Verité’s work across regions and sectors, and in many corporate supply chains. Cross-border migrant workers face increased vulnerability to exploitation and forced labor due to their foreign status in the destination country. Verité engages directly on this issue through several ongoing projects and participation in United Nations’ dialogues on the global governance of migration.