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After Decades of Voluntary Corporate Efforts, Child Labor is Still Being Used to Make Chocolate
For two decades, child labor in cocoa growing areas in West Africa has been well known, and despite voluntary corporate …
Tackling Modern Slavery with Blockchain
For more than a decade, the international anti-modern slavery community has not come close to meeting its full potential. A …
Remediation and Elimination of Recruitment Costs Charged to Migrant Workers
Guest post by Verité, originally posted on Verité’s website Migrant workers are frequently confronted with a choice: pay illegal …
Slave-free Holiday Shopping
The holiday season is upon us. Along with cookie exchanges and holiday parties, many of us mark the season by …
What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?
The majority of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, comes from just two countries – Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire. In both countries child labor in the cocoa sector is prevalent.
Spotlighting Action: Migrants Empowering Migrant Guestworkers through the Power of Information and Technology at Contratados.org
Contratados.org is a portal, made by immigrants, for immigrant guestworkers, that provides secure anonymous employer reviews. This allows migrants in the guestworker program to regain some power in the inherently employer-favored power dynamic that the H2-A and H2-B guestworker visas promote.
Liverpool Football Club’s Anti-Slavery Statement, an Industry Model
Liverpool, a top football club, is setting a positive example for the sport’s industry with their newly released anti-trafficking statement. This kind of corporate responsibility should be enacted in all industries to effectively fight human trafficking.
What’s Behind Your Cup of Tea?
70,000 cups of tea are consumed globally every second! As the world’s top beverage after water, learn how this massive industry is key in combatting unfair labor practices.
Inside Hungary: When Overtime Becomes Slave-like Labor
In Hungary, laborers who are pushed to their limit, working up to 400 hours of overtime, may not see compensation …
What’s in Your Chocolate this Halloween?
The majority of candy to be handed out this year is chocolate. But did you know that despite generating over $110 billion a year, the chocolate industry has a century-long history of forced and child labor?