Louisse Borela, DIWA’s project manager for the Fund Against Child Labour (FBK) Consortium Coconut Project, shares a few reflections on the complexity of child labor in agriculture, highlighting the need to step up collaboration to tackle root causes together.
May 1, International Workers’ Day, is a celebration of the labor movement and its achievements that benefit society, including limits to working hours, health and safety, job security, and many other gains. The labor movement is underpinned by the right to freedom of association (FOA) and collective bargaining, which are included in the International Labour … Read more
This training supports organisations and individuals to better understand and implement labour and human rights standards, workplace compliance and supply chain due diligence. You will gain deep insights and practical tools to conduct social compliance assessments and review third-party audits. Course Highlights Learn what is involved in planning and conducting workplace compliance audits effectively. Gain … Read more
Women’s Month is a chance to recenter women’s experiences and raise issues that matter to women. DIWA’s experience in the field indicate that women face distinct challenges while working in the palm oil, cacao, seafood, apparel, electronics, and other sectors. While there are context-specific differences, issues affecting women workers can be broadly categorized as (1) … Read more
DIWA recognizes the importance of engaging critical stakeholders including recruitment agencies, who have significant roles to play in improving the lives of migrant workers. Our sister organization, The Fair Hiring Initiative (TFHI), has been quietly and persistently moving in the direction of ethical recruitment for over a decade. In the past few months, there’s been … Read more
The unprecedented policy shift in Washington to pause US foreign aid for 90 days may impact on the world’s poor and our global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including on critical issues affecting business such as child labour, forced labour and precarious work. The absence of critical aid can push already marginal communities … Read more
2024 was a milestone year for DIWA. Some highlights include: There’s a lot on the horizon for 2025, another milestone year for us as we will celebrate our 20th anniversary in October. The past 20 years we have deepened the conversation on business and human rights. We are known for thought leadership and real partnerships … Read more
Daryll Delgado, DIWA Senior Director for Research and Stakeholder Engagement, welcomes participants to the organization’s Expanding the Frame forum held in Bangkok, Thailand on 11 November 2024. @Dignity in Work for All Dignity in Work for All (DIWA) calls for employers to consider the application of ethical recruitment principles to a vulnerable set of workers: … Read more
DIWA and Seafood Legacy Sign an MoU Technical Partnership on Socially Responsible Seafood to advocate robust Human Rights Due Diligence in Japan TOKYO (Oct 9th, 2024)— Sustainable seafood organization Seafood Legacy(hereafter, SFL) and labour rights organization Dignity in Work for All (hereafter, DIWA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the Tokyo Sustainable Seafood Summit … Read more
Dignity in Work for All highlighted the regulatory momentum for human rights due diligence in the recent Roundtable organized by the Sustainable Coconut Partnership (SCP). The Roundtable brought end-users, buyers, processors, farmer cooperatives, government and NGOs together to discuss issues faced by stakeholders including low productivity, low income, and low traceability in the upstream. A … Read more
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