Edited by Sam Okyere and Prabha Kotiswaran. This is the eighth volume of the series Beyond Trafficking and Slavery Short Course. Women and girls, 'new abolitionists' say, are disproportionately affected by trafficking because of their preval...Read More

How many people are trapped in forced labour? 27.6 million people are in situations of forced labour. That’s 3.5 people for every thousand in the world. 15% of adults in forced labour are migrant workers despite accounting for only around 5% o...Read More

Written by Enrico D'Ambrogio More than 70% of EU imports of textile and clothing come from Asia. Many Asian workers have to work in sweatshop conditions, but the issue appears in global media only when major fatal accidents occur, like that at Ra...Read More

Corporations have increasingly turned to voluntary, multi-stakeholder governance programs to monitor workers’ rights and standards in global supply chains. This article argues that the emphasis of these programs varies significantly depending on s...Read More