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Why roundabout solutions to forced labour don’t work

Without policies that explicitly address structurally-induced vulnerabilities, we are likely to continue to fail in our efforts to end forced labour.

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I am Igor Bosc. I work in the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a chief technical advisor for a program called Work in Freedom, which focuses on forced labour issues and the migration of women, particularly in the context of domestic work and garment work.

Neil Howard (oD): Could you tell us a little more about what the program involves? 

Igor: So the program is basically trying to address different elements of vulnerability in forced labour that either arise in the workplace or the countries that people migrate from – not just in terms of resources that workers can access, but also in terms of how policies affect situations of forced labour.