Resources

First Look: Improving Buyer-Supplier Engagement to Disrupt Forced Labor in Apparel

GFEMS is working with Social Accountability International (SAI) to develop an innovative buyer-supplier engagement platform to improve buyer purchasing practices and supplier capacity/production planning in India’s ready-made garment industry, with the intent of interrupting factors that drive forced and bonded labor. GFEMS has partnered with the Athena-Itad consortium to review this intervention. Within this project, …

First Look: Supporting Survivors of Trafficking in India

GFEMS is funding International Justice Mission (IJM) to strengthen systems that protect victims of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and sustain their freedom in Maharashtra, India. In this project, the IJM team is working towards strengthening the institutions in place for the care and protection of CSEC victims across 10 districts in Maharashtra. GFEMS …

Changing the way we do business: Modern Slavery Risk Mitigation

Following the fourth event in a five part series of webinars, hosted in partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, GFEMS is pleased to share our latest briefing: Modern Slavery Risk Mitigation: A Candid Conversation on Changing the Way We Do Business The briefing …

Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights: Setting a Precedent for Remedy

Following the final event in a five part series of webinars, hosted in partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, GFEMS is pleased to share our latest briefing: Roles, Responsibilities, and Rights– Setting a Precent for Remedy. The briefing provides an overview of the …

Predicting and Verifying Modern Slavery Risk

Following the third in a five part series of webinars, hosted in partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, GFEMS is pleased to share our latest briefing: Predicting and Verifying Modern Slavery Risk-Practical Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics The briefing provides an …

Using Employee Feedback to Assess Working Conditions

Following the second event in a five part series of webinars, hosted in partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, GFEMS is pleased to share our latest briefing: Using Employee Feedback to Assess Working Conditions: Identifying Risks through Worker Engagement The briefing provides an …

Responding to COVID-19: What can companies do to promote responsible recovery?

As a result of the first in a five part series of webinars, hosted in partnership with the International Organization for Migration and the US Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, GFEMS is pleased to share our latest briefing: Responding to COVID-19: What can companies do to promote responsible recovery? The briefing provides …

28 Tech Tools Fighting Sex Trafficking In India

Over the last decade, the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) has shifted format, as static physical outlets for enslavement of children became increasingly easy targets for law enforcement interventions. In India, red light areas in Mumbai and other urban centers have been steadily shrinking while the prevalence of masked CSEC outlets — bars, karaoke …

Building a Business Case for Fair Labour Practices: Spinning Mills in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is India’s biggest textile hub, known particularly for its yarn manufacturing capabilities. The southern state generates more employment in the spinning industry than any other state in India. Mill workers in Tamil Nadu, however, are highly vulnerable to forced labour conditions. To build the business case for fair labour conditions in the apparel …