News on forced labour
April 2022
-
‘Out of sight, out of mind’ attitude hampering COVID recovery for fishers and seafood processors in South-East Asia
19 April 2022
New ILO-Cornell brief finds that exclusion from pandemic relief measures and social protection schemes hits migrant fisheries workers hard.
-
© Serhi Hudak/NurPhoto/AFP/Europ 2022
Prevention through information: ILO campaign on Ukrainian railways to prevent labour exploitation among refugees
12 April 2022
The ILO and the State Labour Inspectorate of Ukraine came through with an information campaign on Ukrainian railways that warns people on the move about situations that may lead to labour exploitation.
March 2022
-
Zero tolerance for child labour, forced labour and human trafficking
A meeting organized by Alliance 8.7's pathfinder countries to demonstrate that "zero tolerance" of the worst forms of human exploitation is a shared responsibility.
February 2022
-
The Netherlands becomes an Alliance 8.7 pathfinder country
15 February 2022
The Netherlands recently became a pathfinder country for Alliance 8.7. ILO-Brussels interviewed Wilm Geurts, Director International Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment of the Netherlands, about this new status.
January 2022
-
From child labour and forced labour to dreams of a better future
31 January 2022
Today, more than 160 million children are in child labour and 25 million people are in forced labour. What do they need? How do they feel? And who is helping them?
December 2021
-
Migrant fishers prone to modern slavery
20 December 2021
An opinion editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, programme manager for ILO's skills development and Muhammad Nour, ILO's programme coordinator for Accelerator Lab 8.7, in conjunction with the commemoration of the International Migrants Day. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 20 December.
November 2021
-
Three Winners of the global category of the SDG 8.7 Innovation Challenge
15 November 2021
Three proposals were selected to develop and implement their innovative ideas to develop digital information systems to promote collaborative work among relevant partners in the fight against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking in Pathfinder Countries.
September 2021
-
16 Junior Researchers Awarded Fellowships and Seed Grants
28 September 2021
A promising group of researchers are selected to address knowledge gaps in the field of child labour, forced labour, and human trafficking.
July 2021
-
© Gargalo Vasco 2022
Cartoonists from all over the world draw their visions of forced labour
30 July 2021
To mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons the International Labour Organization and Human Resources without Borders have announced the winners of an international cartoon competition on forced labour.
June 2021
-
Digital Information Systems for collaborative work to end child labour, forced labour and human trafficking
16 June 2021
The ILO is launching a competition calling for innovative solutions with social impact to accelerate action towards SDG Target 8.7.