Solidarity Against Modern Slavery During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the lack of protection policies in place to prevent millions of people from being coerced under threat into modern slavery. As this crisis continues into the foreseeable future, we...
Why Online Exploitation Is The Next Public Health Crisis
When the novel coronavirus was first recognized as a serious threat, health officials warned that individuals should socially distance and wash their hands, and government leaders issued stay at home orders and closed restaurants, schools...
Domestic Workers, Forced Labor, and the Locked Doors of Covid-19
In October 2019, BBC News Arabic conducted an undercover investigation in the Middle East. Two reporters, posing as a husband and wife, made a horrifying discovery: thousands of domestic workers for sale as chattel...
Human Trafficking and Prison Labor, Part 3: Incarcerated Workers and COVID-19
This is the final part in a three-part blog series authored by Polaris to introduce the issue. The first two blogs focused on how human trafficking and prison labor are connected and the
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 commitments, we are still seeing children working to produce cocoa for chocolate bars. Recently,
COVID-19 and Human Trafficking
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has resulted in widespread stay at home orders, shuttering businesses and creating mass layoffs. Human traffickers prey on those who are economically vulnerable which has some experts concerned...