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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryExpanding the map: how funders can ensure quality work for all
Philanthropy can have blind spots and red lines. We must resist the temptation to sidestep difficult issues when it...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFunding the future of work means addressing gaps in the present of work
Investing in frontline communities builds resilience and increases opportunities for non-exploitative work.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryReflections on the role of philanthropy in the world of work
If philanthropic foundations want to positively affect the lives of workers, then they should use their money to...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryCorporate social responsibility helps hide workers’ rights abuse until brands can quietly exit
Corporations rarely volunteer to do the right thing, yet responses to labour exploitation continue to rely upon...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryAfter nearly 20 years of the Palermo Protocols, how do you assess their impact?
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryWhat are the building blocks of an effective transnational alliance?
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIs the race to the bottom over? Reflecting on ‘surplus’ populations in Cambodia
Everybody speaks about a ‘race to the bottom’ in the world of work. For brick workers enduring debt-bondage in...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryDecriminalisation and labour rights: how sex workers are organising for legal reforms and socio-economic justice
The decriminalisation of sex work must be made central to the future of work, but that should only ever be a...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryOrganising beyond silos: confronting common challenges amongst migrants and workers
Only a coordinated challenge can make work better for all. We are all in this together.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFrom brothels to independence: the neoliberalisation of (sex) work
Sex workers in the UK are by now just another part of the online, freelance, customer-reviewed digital economy....
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe future of work and the future of poverty
Global production networks create economic growth, and thus are often said to be good for development. But if that’s...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: how can institutions and regulations keep up?
Organisations and regulations are struggling to keep up with the evolving nature of work. Our panel of experts ends...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: stopping the race to the bottom in the world of work
A lack of labour rights is, for many countries, a serious competitive advantage. What needs to happen in business,...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: bringing business leaders and policy makers on board
Workers' organisations know where they are trying to get to, but convincing those with power to prioritise rights...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: do ethical consumerism and investment work?
'Fair trade'-style programmes exist to reassure individuals that the products they buy or the investments they make...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: how has the world of work changed?
The world of work has changed. What have been the most momentous shifts, and how have they affected workers? Twelve...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHow can funders support the creation, implementation, and spread of worker-driven social responsibility?
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryHow can funders support the growth of transnational solidarity?
On 8 October 2018 we published the BTS Round Table on the Future of Work, in which 12 experts explain recent changes...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table: joint funders' statement
Philanthropic foundations are powerful yet largely unseen actors within civil society. We invited the foundations...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryFuture of work round table
Current labour systems are leaving huge numbers of workers in vulnerable and precarious conditions. How can workers...