Africa Archives

FLIP Activities Expand to Côte d’Ivoire

Africa, Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Labor Supply Chains, Migrant Workers, raw materials

Based on the success of the FLIP Ghana model, the project is expanding activities into Côte d’Ivoire where project staff will similarly work to build stakeholder capacity to use the ILO indicators to understand and address forced labor risk.

Technical Working Group Meets for Ghana Forced Labor Indicators Project (FLIP)

Africa, Agriculture, Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, raw materials

Verité is currently implementing a U.S. Department of Labor-funded project focused on growing government, private sector, and civil society capacity to combat forced labor of adults and children through advancing the ILO forced labor indicators approach in Ghana. Led...

What We’re Talking About in June

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

What We’re Talking About in April 2019

Africa, Child Labor, Middle East, Modern Slavery, Worker Empowerment

Full Disclosure: Toward Better Modern Slavery Reporting | Conflict and Mass Displacement Increase Child Labor in Middle East and North Africa | New Report: Realizing the Benefits of Worker Reporting Digital Tools | “Apple Deserves Kudos for Doing Right by Workers” | The Software that Shapes Workers’ Lives

2018: The Year in Review

Africa, Agriculture, Apparel, Asia, Child Labor, China, Compensation and Hours, Food and Beverage, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Japan, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Southeast Asia, Sub Saharan Africa, Technology, Verité, Worker Empowerment

In 2018, we conducted ground-breaking research, amplified our impact, and engaged with multinational brands to help eliminate labor and human rights abuses in global supply chains. Explore a selection of our achievements in assessments, consulting, policy, research, and training below.