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Niger
Persistent environmental threat, economic fragility, and regional insecurity leave Niger especially vulnerable to trafficking in agriculture and mining sectors. Niger has recently had its first peaceful presidential transition, yet it still grapples with serious threats—from climate change and poverty to instability spilling over from Libya, Mali, and Nigeria. As a low‑income economy with limited diversity—where...
Antônio Carlos de Mello Rosa
As Brazil’s Country Lead and Co-leader of the Technical Assistance to Governments Practice Group, Antônio Rosa has led Verité’s initiatives in Brazil since 2022. During this time, he directed the Cooperation on Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project, developing and implementing the COFFEE Toolkit, and piloting projects in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. Antônio leads HRDD...
Georgina Vázquez De Los Reyes
Georgina has over 15 years of experience working with diverse stakeholders and directing initiatives to protect migrant workers, promote ethical recruitment, and prevent labor violations in complex supply chains. As a Program Director and co-leader of the Technical Assistance to Governments Practice Group, Georgina directs various projects in the organization, including the Recruitment Cost Calculator...
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17 December 2024
India and Bangladesh: Evidence-Driven Ethical Recruitment to Combat Debt Bondage
Leveraging innovative digital tools, the project promotes worker-centric data that grassroots CSOs can use to drive evidence-based advocacy efforts. Local partner organizations in India and Bangladesh received specialized training in digital data collection, allowing them to systematically document recruitment costs that workers should not have to pay. The project’s impact was significant, with 95% of participants reporting increased confidence in using data to engage with key decision-makers and advocates on debt bondage issues.
Asia
Our approach connects boardroom strategy with ground-level operations, enabling companies to address and prevent human rights harms to workers. Our Asia team advances corporate accountability and more effective human rights due diligence to improve the wellbeing of workers.
Ethical recruitment guidance
We improve labor recruitment practices by promoting and implementing “Employer Pays, No Fees to Workers” recruitment in workplaces and migration corridors.
Priorities
Workers' needs and priorities guide our work and shape how we build safe, fair, and legal working conditions. We focus our efforts on high-risk sectors and regions where workers face the greatest challenges.
Cease, prevent and mitigate
Once the company has completed an overall saliency analysis, assessed serious risks and harms in more depth, and created a human rights strategy, it is ready to take action to cease harmful practices and prevent and mitigate the identified risks and violations.
Update
15 July 2025
Just released: First Mile Toolkit in French and Portuguese
Verité has released two new translations of the FLDD First Mile Toolkit, now available in French and Portuguese. The First Mile Toolkit is a companion to Verité’s Farm Labor Due Diligence (FLDD) Toolkit. It provides guidance on human rights due diligence (HRDD) specifically targeted for first mile operations in agricultural supply chains, such as sugar...
Katherine Ko
As Senior Director of Communications at Verité, Katherine positions the organization as an authoritative voice in global labor rights advocacy. Katherine brings over 14 years of experience expertise in developing and executing strategic communications initiatives for international human rights, peacebuilding, and advocacy organizations. Before joining Verité, Katherine’s experience included positions in communications, knowledge management, and...
