Letizia Palumbo is a Research Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute (EUI), Florence. She is also Adjunct Professor at the University of Palermo, teaching “Urban and Migration Policies”. Her research interests include human trafficking, migration, labour exploitation, human rights and women’s rights.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersKeeping 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.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLa necesidad de un enfoque de género para abordar la explotación y la trata de personasLa victimización de las mujeres sigue siendo predominante en las políticas y el discurso sobre la trata de personas....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhy show your cards? The problem of transparency in agricultural supply chainsGovernments promote transparency as a method of tackling exploitation, however the Italian agricultural sector...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAddressing severe exploitation: a critical view of awareness and transparency initiativesAwareness and transparency initiatives are thought to be vital tools in the fight against labour exploitation and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe need for a gendered approach to exploitation and traffickingVictimisation of women is still dominant in policies and discourse on trafficking. Could a gendered approach that...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryNew mobility regimes, new forms of exploitation in SicilyAsylum seekers, refugees and poor EU citizens are vulnerable to labour exploitation in EU member states. Sicily’s...