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Labour is the central theme for understanding history and legacies of Mount Elgin Industrial School, a former Indian Residential School, in a new exhibition at Art Windsor Essex.
Supply chains can contain thousands of suppliers spanning continents. DNA testing, drones, satellite imaging and other technologies can help identify forced and child labour.
A new study suggests disclosure laws to prevent forced labour in the clothing industry are a form of window dressing designed to ease the conscience of consumers rather than protecting workers.
If we have learned anything from the fight against modern slavery, it is that addressing the issue takes extensive time, resources and long-term commitments.
At least 1,132 workers died when the Rana building collapsed in Bangladesh, while several thousand more were injured.
While it may be challenging for organizations to manage all the activities within their global supply chains, there are best practices they can adopt to prevent modern slavery.
Australia’s Senate has voted to prohibit the import of goods made using forced labour. But without government support it won’t become law.
Child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking are serious problems. Misinformation is harming efforts to combat them.
121 companies in Australia have delivered their first reports required by the Modern Slavery Act.
Slavery and slavery-like practices exist in Australia, in the form of forced marriages, sexual exploitation and forced labour.
There are no criminal provisions around slavery in 49% of world nations, groundbreaking new legal research finds.
Airbnb now has 7m listings in more than 100,000 cities, making it larger than the eight biggest hotel groups combined.
Old injustices don’t simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
The prospect of China using forced labour to supply foreign companies highlights the importance of modern slavery laws.
When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
Bishop Huddleston’s criticism of Enoch Powell’s incendiary “Rivers of blood” speech was both a history lesson and a call to action against racism.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans live in China. Their lives are often no better than they were at home.
And what businesses can do to support them.
Lebanon is host to well over 1m Syrian refugees, and their situation is getting ever more desperate.
Top contributors
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Human trafficking and modern slavery researcher, Flinders University
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of History, University of Winnipeg
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Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, & Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Researcher, Governing Forced Labour in Supply Chains Project
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LIUNA Enrico Henry Mancinelli Chair of Global Labour Issues, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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PhD Candidate, School of Labour Studies, McMaster University
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Adjunct professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of South Australia
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Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University
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Professor in Operations Management and Sustainability; Associate Dean Research at UC Business School, University of Canterbury
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Professor, ESCP Business School
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Head of Programs and Projects at Art Windsor Essex and Munsee Delaware History and Language group member
