This page highlights stories from our field-based staff and updates from some of our ongoing projects and activities.

June 1, 2025

Building worker voice: Spotlight on Indonesia

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…

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May 29, 2025

Join the training: Assessing Labour and Human Rights Risks in the Supply Chain

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…

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May 28, 2025

Towards dignity for all women in the workplace

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…

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June 1, 2025

Spotlight on Ethical Recruitment

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…

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June 1, 2025

Businesses matter, and so do governments in achieving dignity in the workplace

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…

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June 1, 2025

DIWA welcomes 2025: a critical year for HRDD

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…

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June 1, 2025

DIWA: Apply ethical recruitment to irregular migrant & precariously employed workers

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…

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June 1, 2025

DIWA @ the Roundtable for Sustainable Coconut

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)….

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June 1, 2025

World Day Against Trafficking

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…

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June 1, 2025

End Child Labour in Agriculture

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…

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May 29, 2025

Social Responsibility Standards and Requirements for Labor and Human Rights

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June 1, 2025

Toolkit: Implementing Ethical Standards in the In-Country Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Thailand

The Toolkit on Implementing Ethical Standards in the In-Country Recruitment of Migrant Workers in Thailand was developed to improve protections for workers through the implementation…

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May 29, 2025

ชุดสื่อเรียนรู้: การนำมาตรฐานทางจริยธรรมมาใช้ในการสรรหาแรงงานข้ามชาติภายในประเทศไทย

ชุดเครื่องมือนี้ ถูกจัดทำขึ้นเพื่อช่วยนายจ้างการนำมาตรฐานทางจริยธรรมไปใช้ในการจัดหาแรงงานข้ามชาติภายในประเทศไทย

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May 31, 2025

Social Responsibility Assessment Modules on Seafood

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May 31, 2025

Palm Oil Toolkit

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May 30, 2025

In-Country Recruitment of Foreign Migrant Workers and Risks of Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Thailand

In-country recruitment has been a long-standing practice in Thailand, but the unregulated nature of this recruitment pathway poses significant risks of forced labour and human…

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May 31, 2025

Recruitment and Employment Experiences of Filipino Migrant Fishers in Taiwan’s Tuna Fishing Sector: An Exploratory Study

Taiwan is one of the world’s five major seafood exporters and the primary flag state of the world’s longline tuna fleets. Recent research by non-governmental…

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May 31, 2025

Mechanization of Thai Purse Seiners: A Business Case Study to Improve Working and Living Conditions

This case study aims to share insights of the impact of mechanization of a specific fishing vessel type – a medium-to-large sized purse seiner –…

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May 31, 2025

Assessing Labor Risk for Workers Migrating from the Philippines to Europe

Millions of people from the Philippines have migrated abroad for employment, seeking a better life and improved economic status for themselves and their families. Recruitment…

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May 29, 2025

Recruitment and Hiring Practices in the Philippine Tuna Handline Fishing Sector

As the Philippines’ top seafood export, tuna plays a significant role in supporting the country’s economy and sustaining the livelihood of families in many of…

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May 29, 2025

Thailand Bound: An Exploration of Labor Migration Infrastructures in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR

We conducted an exploratory study of the recruitment practices in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Lao PDR for workers destined for Thailand to map the critical intervention…

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May 31, 2025

Forced Labor in the Production of Electronic Goods in Malaysia: A Comprehensive Study of Scope and Characteristics

Malaysia’s electronics sector workforce includes hundreds of thousands of foreign migrant workers who come to Malaysia on the promise of a good salary and steady…

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May 29, 2025

Research on Indicators of Forced Labor in the Indonesian Fishing Sector

Our research in Indonesia was initially aimed to assess the circumstances surrounding forced labor on fishing platforms (jermals) in North Sumatra province. This research was…

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June 1, 2025

Building worker voice: Spotlight on Indonesia

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…

May 29, 2025

Join the training: Assessing Labour and Human Rights Risks in the Supply Chain

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…

May 28, 2025

Towards dignity for all women in the workplace

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…

June 1, 2025

Spotlight on Ethical Recruitment

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…

June 1, 2025

Businesses matter, and so do governments in achieving dignity in the workplace

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…

June 1, 2025

DIWA welcomes 2025: a critical year for HRDD

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…

June 1, 2025

DIWA: Apply ethical recruitment to irregular migrant & precariously employed workers

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…

June 1, 2025

DIWA @ the Roundtable for Sustainable Coconut

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)….

June 1, 2025

World Day Against Trafficking

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…

June 1, 2025

End Child Labour in Agriculture

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…