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Italy’s problem is not labour shortages, but a shortage of workers’ rights

The country’s scheme to regularise the status of its undocumented migrant workers, prompted by the pandemic, has been a failure. Here’s why

By Letizia Palumbo and Alessandra Corrado

/ 7 Sep 2021

Italy’s problem is not labour shortages, but a shortage of workers’ rights

Keeping the Italian agri-food system alive: Migrant farmworkers wanted!

In the Italian agri-food sector there is not a labour shortage, but a shortage of rights for workers.

By Letizia Palumbo and Alessandra Corrado

/ 29 Apr 2020

Keeping the Italian agri-food system alive: Migrant farmworkers wanted!

La necesidad de un enfoque de género para abordar la explotación y la trata de personas

La victimización de las mujeres sigue siendo predominante en las políticas y el discurso sobre la trata de personas. ¿Puede un enfoque de género, que tenga en cuenta los factores estructurales que crean las vulnerabilidades de las mujeres, cuestionar esto de forma efectiva? English

By Letizia Palumbo

/ 12 Jul 2018

Why show your cards? The problem of transparency in agricultural supply chains

Governments promote transparency as a method of tackling exploitation, however the Italian agricultural sector demonstrates that such measures are often not capable of addressing the relations of power that characterise supply chains.

By Letizia Palumbo

/ 27 May 2016

Why show your cards? The problem of transparency in agricultural supply chains

Governments promote transparency as a method of tackling exploitation, however the Italian agricultural sector demonstrates that such measures are often not capable of addressing the relations of power that characterise supply chains.

By Letizia Palumbo

/ 27 May 2016

Addressing severe exploitation: a critical view of awareness and transparency initiatives

Awareness and transparency initiatives are thought to be vital tools in the fight against labour exploitation and 'trafficking'. This guest series looks at several such projects and asks, do they work?

By Letizia Palumbo and Anna Triandafyllidou

/ 24 May 2016

Addressing severe exploitation: a critical view of awareness and transparency initiatives

Awareness and transparency initiatives are thought to be vital tools in the fight against labour exploitation and 'trafficking'. This guest series looks at several such projects and asks, do they work?

By Letizia Palumbo and Anna Triandafyllidou

/ 24 May 2016

The need for a gendered approach to exploitation and trafficking

Victimisation of women is still dominant in policies and discourse on trafficking. Could a gendered approach that accounts for the structural factors creating women’s vulnerabilities effectively challenge this? Español

By Letizia Palumbo

/ 14 Aug 2015

The need for a gendered approach to exploitation and trafficking

Victimisation of women is still dominant in policies and discourse on trafficking. Could a gendered approach that accounts for the structural factors creating women’s vulnerabilities effectively challenge this? Español

By Letizia Palumbo

/ 14 Aug 2015

New mobility regimes, new forms of exploitation in Sicily

Asylum seekers, refugees and poor EU citizens are vulnerable to labour exploitation in EU member states. Sicily’s agricultural sector illuminates how structural gaps and individual needs exacerbate that vulnerability.

By Letizia Palumbo and Alessandra Sciurba

/ 9 Jul 2015

New mobility regimes, new forms of exploitation in Sicily

Asylum seekers, refugees and poor EU citizens are vulnerable to labour exploitation in EU member states. Sicily’s agricultural sector illuminates how structural gaps and individual needs exacerbate that vulnerability.

By Letizia Palumbo and Alessandra Sciurba

/ 9 Jul 2015