NGOs file suit against Total over Uganda oil project

Six NGOs said Wednesday that they had filed a lawsuit against the French energy giant Total over an oil field project in Uganda, accusing it of failing to avert “disastrous …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Issues Detention Orders against Companies Suspected of Using Forced Labor

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued five Withhold Release Orders (WROs) covering five different products, imported from five different countries yesterday, September 30. This action was based on information obtained …

South Africa: ‘It is extremely irresponsible’: ‘New’ law has unions up in arms

Unions are up in arms over a statement by the Department of Labour that workers would have to conduct a secret ballot before going on strike. But Cosatu said this …

Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

This brief, therefore, aims to compare civil law systems (prevalent in Francophone African countries) to common law systems (prevalent in Anglophone African countries) in relation to the issue of street …

“You Pray for Death” Trafficking of Women and Girls in Nigeria

When she was 18 in 2013, Adaura C. met a woman who promised her a job earning 150,000 naira (US$414) as a domestic worker in Libya. Adaura agreed, and the …

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Men fear us’: Kampala’s market women unite against harassment

Some men are in the habit of touching women, says Nora Baguma, a vendor at Nakawa market, in Uganda’s capital Kampala. “We call them bayaye,” she says, sitting at her banana stall. …

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Leading apparel brands, trade unions and women’s rights organizations sign binding agreements to combat gender-based violence and harassment at key supplier’s factories in Lesotho

“Maseru, Lesotho; Washington, D.C. (August 15, 2019): Civil society groups, an international apparel manufacturer, and three global brands have agreed to launch a comprehensive pilot program intended to prevent gender-based violence …

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Levi Strauss, Kontoor Back Worker-Protection Accord in Lesotho

“Clothing chains Levi Strauss & Co., The Children’s Place Inc. and Kontoor Brands Inc agreed to start a pilot program aimed at combating gender-based violence and harassment at five factories owned …

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Côte d’Ivoire / Café-cacao : les enfants sont de plus en plus exploités, l’Amérique, l’important acheteur en colère. Ce que disent Dominique et Alassane

Les États-Unis pèsent sur le plan visant à bloquer les importations de cacao résultant du travail des enfants. La Côte d’Ivoire appelle l’interdiction injuste. La première dame du pays a rencontré …

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Empty Promises: The Failure of Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives to Improve Farmer Incomes in the Ivorian Cocoa Sector

Between October 2018 and March 2019, Corporate Accountability Lab (CAL) staff interviewed farmers, tribal leaders in cocoa-growing villages, cocoa cooperatives and local and international NGOs to assess the impact of …

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