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
On this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, DIWA would like to highlight the central importance of industry and national standards on ethical recruitment. As an organization, we were among the first to link recruitment fees to debt bondage, forced labour and trafficking for labour exploitation. We were also among the first to advocate for and … Read more
On the occasion of the World Day Against Child Labour, we would like to highlight the continuing need for supply chain due diligence and multistakeholder engagement to eliminate child labour. Global estimates of child labour have actually increased as a result of recent crises including the COVID-19 pandemic which deepened poverty, forcing more children into … Read more
New developments in the legal framework governing supply chain due diligence as a result of the CSDDD and Forced Labour Ban are particularly important for the rights of migrant workers. Dignity in Work for All (DIWA) works at the intersection of labour rights and responsible business and has deep roots in advocating for migrant rights, … Read more
The Philippines is the second-largest producer of coconuts in the world, with majority of exports coming from the Mindanao region. Due to the nature of its cultivation and production, coconuts
generally come from smallholder farms tilled by farmers and workers engaged in labor-intensive, seasonal, and informal work in the sector.
TEST
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
Take Action