News on forced labour
March 2022
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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.
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Malaysia ratifies the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention
21 March 2022
Malaysia becomes the 58th country in the world, and the second ASEAN member State to ratify that Protocol.
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SDG Open Hack: End forced labour and child labour
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© Peretz Partensky 2024
ILO welcomes lifting of Cotton Campaign boycott of Uzbekistan
14 March 2022
Agricultural and economic reforms have led to the eradication of systemic child labour and forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton harvest.
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© Man working at illegal logging 2024
With Covid-19, forced labour is more clandestine, but more present than ever before
09 March 2022
Peruvian journalist Elizabeth Salazar, winner of the 2018 South American Journalism Award from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for her reporting on human trafficking, tells us about the challenges of investigating such issues, without paternalism or sensationalism.
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With Covid-19, forced labour is more clandestine, but more present than ever before - 50 for Freedom
09 March 2022
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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.
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Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour
01 March 2022
Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.
February 2022
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Slavery: a subject too sensitive for journalists?
28 February 2022
While some newsrooms are reluctant to tackle the subject of slavery, Malian journalist Maliki Diallo conducted an investigation on slavery that earned him a prestigious prize. Discover his testimony.
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Prize-giving ceremony of the 2021 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration at the ILO office in Madrid
24 February 2022
The ILO office in Spain organized a prize-giving ceremony to congratulate Judit Alonso Gonzalbez, Javier Sulé and Marta Saiz.