News on forced labour

March 2022

  1. Unpacking concepts of freedom and unfreedom in the world of work

    A series of special lectures and panel discussions presented by Work in Freedom programme.

June 2019

  1. Community action to fight child labour

    12 June 2019

    By working with local communities an ILO project in Bangladesh has succeeded in removing 2,000 children from child labour.

March 2015

  1. Why framing the discourse on human trafficking is important - some thoughts

    05 March 2015

July 2013

  1. Work in Freedom: Making migrant work safer for women from South Asia

    15 July 2013

    Millions of women are trafficked from South Asia each year into exploitative forced labour like conditions. The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have launched a new “Work in Freedom” programme to fight trafficking of women and girls from South-Asia.

  2. © Sajjad Hussain / AFP 2022
    DFID, ILO to launch new initiative to tackle trafficking of women and girls

    10 July 2013

  3. © Sajjad Hussain / AFP 2022
    Launch of DFID-ILO “Work in Freedom” programme

    The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will launch the new “Work in Freedom” programme to fight trafficking of women and girls from South-Asia.

March 2012

  1. Migrant workers: responsible recruitment & fair hiring to combat human trafficking in South Asia

    The Institute for Human Rights and Business and Verité organize a multi-stakeholder roundtable to explore the challenges, risks and human rights responsibilities around recruiting Indian, Bangladeshi and Nepali migrant workers for overseas employment, and ensuring responsible practice to combat human trafficking.

June 2009

  1. New ILO study on migrant workers and their vulnerability to exploitation, trafficking and forced labour in Bangladesh

    01 June 2009

    This qualitative study of returned migrants by Dr. Rita Afsar of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) in Dhaka has shed new light on some of the complexities and problems faced by Bangladeshi migrant workers leaving the country to work in the Gulf States, as well as the benefits that such migration can bring.