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Forced labor
An estimated 27.6 million people are trapped in forced labor across the globe. For 30 years, we've partnered with companies, governments, and CSOs to identify, prevent, and address forced labor and build resilient supply chains.
Josephine Dadzie
Josephine has over 14 years of experience in managing and administrating international development projects, including donor funded projects for governments and private foundations, with an additional 7+ years in the educational and private sectors. As Verité’s Senior Regional Lead for Africa, she served as the Global Program Director of Verité’s Forced Labor Indicators Project (FLIP),...
Erin Klett
Erin has over 20 years of experience in research and stakeholder engagement to combat forced labor and human trafficking in global supply chains, with a focus on apparel and electronics. As a Senior Program Director for Research Innovations, Erin has worked extensively to promote ethical recruitment and stem human trafficking and forced labor of migrant...
Allison Arbib
Allison (Alli) Arbib serves as Program Director and Applied Research & Evidence for Action Lead at Verité, where she leads the development and implementation of comprehensive labor rights risk assessment methodologies across regional, national, sectoral, and supply chain contexts. Her work translates complex human rights research into actionable frameworks that enable organizations to identify, assess,...
Eswatini
Eswatini’s position as a cross border transit hub and its export oriented agricultural and wood sectors expose populations, especially youth and migrants, to trafficking risks. Reports note that workers displaced by downturns in the textile industry are vulnerable to exploitative job offers abroad. Key exports like essential oils, sugar, apparel, and wood rely on informal...
Shawn MacDonald, Ph.D.
Shawn MacDonald brings more than 25 years of leadership experience in advancing labor and human rights policies across governments, multinational corporations, and international development organizations. As CEO of Verité since 2016, he guides the organization’s global mission to eliminate the worst forms of labor and human rights violations from supply chains, building sustainable solutions that...
Update
30 January 2019
FAR Definition Takes a Zero-Tolerance Approach to Recruitment Fees
Prohibiting federal contractors from charging workers recruitment fees is a cornerstone of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requiring contractors and subcontractors to take specific preventive measures to detect and eliminate forced labor and human trafficking in their supply chains. In December 2018, the U.S. Government amended the FAR to include a comprehensive and clear definition of what constitute “recruitment fees.”
Editorial
30 January 2019
Private Kenyan Employment Agencies Learn About Promoting Ethical Recruitment in Qatar
In an unprecedented step toward protecting Kenyan migrant workers in Qatar, this past December, seven Kenyan licensed Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) participated in a visit to Doha to learn about ethical recruitment and worker welfare initiatives in Qatar, a key destination country for Kenyans migrating abroad for work. The study tour is part of Verité...
Pineapples
Pineapples, a globally traded tropical fruit, are linked to forced and child labor in key producing countries. In Côte d’Ivoire, trafficking of youth from neighboring nations is reported, while in Brazil, child labor appears on family farms. Workers—often undocumented migrants or cooperatively hired—face hazards like toxic chemical exposure, extreme heat, and wage or rights vulnerabilities....
Apparel
Rapid expansion of Africa’s apparel sector is creating jobs but also exposing workers to trafficking and other forms of exploitation. Exports from Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Lesotho, and Mauritius are growing under trade incentives, yet heavy subcontracting and low-cost labor leave workers—especially women—in unsafe conditions with poor pay and limited protections. These factors heighten the risks...
