China, COVID-19, Health and Safety, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Southeast Asia, Worker Empowerment
In China, COVID-19 infections began to spread widely in Wuhan during the week-long Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday in late January 2020 when most of the frontline workers generally return to their hometowns for two to three weeks. To respond to this unexpected and...
Agriculture, COVID-19, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking, Health and Safety, Labor Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Migrant Workers, Transportation and Logistics
Verité has identified a number of factors that increase workers’ vulnerability to becoming victims of human trafficking, all of which will likely worsen during and after the COVID-19 crisis, including poverty, inequality, political instability, conflict, crime/violence, and tightening of restrictions on immigration.
