9/8/2024 11:30:17 PM Child labor and forced labor violations are on the rise. Are they in your supply chain? By Astrid Walstra On the 5th of September, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released significant updates aimed at tackling child labor and forced labor...
8/25/2023 4:06:03 AM New Zealand contemplates Modern Slavery Law By John Fowler Child labor is a complex issue, in the mining sector in developing countries with a poor or non-existent social safety net we sadly see...
7/4/2023 4:01:39 AM Social Justice for the Global South - a cooperation between Brazil and the ILO By Mark Temme A few days ago I already posted an article linked to Brazil "Human rights or enough food? ..." and now again Brazil is being mentioned....
7/3/2023 4:01:40 AM Child Labour - It's Not Going Away ! By Justin Bettey Last month on "World Day Against Child Labour" the ILO stated that 160 million children are still engaged in child labour. That is almost...
7/1/2023 1:21:47 PM Approaching child labour the right way By Mark Temme A recent study from the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) shows that a) child labour is still one of the biggest issues in the supply...
5/22/2023 11:44:30 AM Is Canada's Modern Slavery Act overlooked? By Astrid Walstra After five attempts in as many years, Canada’s Parliament passed a human rights and supply chain transparency law, formerly Bill S-211,...
2/28/2023 2:56:23 PM Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. By Mary Osterman Udvadia For everyone who thinks “Child Labor” is just something that happens in China, it’s right here folks, along with debt bondage. Such a sad...
8/24/2022 10:00:12 AM A Chocolate Love A-Fair By Astrid Walstra The chocolate industry has long been in the news for their working conditions on the cocoa farms. Unfortunately, they have a reputation...
6/13/2022 1:22:50 PM The world’s children cannot wait.. By Astrid Walstra Since 2002, the 12th of June (today) is known as the World Day Against Child Labor. The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched...
10/6/2020 12:12:29 PM Do you know where your coffee comes from? 2020 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor Published By Simona Romanoschi The US Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has just launched it's ninth edition of the List of Goods...
9/8/2020 12:00:00 AM Upsurge in handwashing has high cost on human rights By Astrid Walstra Verisk Maplecroft has released their Human Rights Outlook of 2020 and it is always a worthy read. This year, I have learned an incredible...
8/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Desperate Times (COVID-19 & Child Labor) By Astrid Walstra This article from Bloomberg points out the increase that is seen in child labor cases due to COVID-19 after many years of gradual decline...