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This gap analysis report identifies gaps between the content, application and implementation of Malaysia’s policies and legislation vis-à-vis the provisions and application of the ILO Forced Labour Convention and Protocol, as well as opportunities to build on the existing mechanisms to address gaps.

This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P029, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies, and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

A questionnaire pertaining to vulnerabilities to forced labor.

This report reviews 14 cases of female workers that have been analyzed that raise concern about the possibility that they could be subjected to exploitative labor conditions during the pandemic caused by the Sar-Cov-2 coronavirus. These cases have been identified by the Trade Union of Domestic Workers of the Lima Region (SINTTRAHOL), the Institute for the Promotion and Training of Domestic Workers (IPROFOTH) and by the National Federation of Paid Domestic Workers of Peru. (FENTRAHOGARP). 

This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P029, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

This guide aims to explain why ratification and implementation of P29, the “Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930” (the Forced Labour Protocol) represents a vital opportunity for trade unions and their allies to obtain, through social dialogue and action, measures to end exploitative labor practices and advance opportunities for decent work. It sets out the challenges to obtaining decent work posed by the laws, policies and practices that facilitate forced labor and trafficking in the contemporary world. It explains key elements that the Forced Labour Protocol enshrines in law when ratified. The guide also aims to explain some of the key opportunities to build pressure for ratification of the Forced Labour Protocol and looks at some specific obstacles to that ratification.

An article about the Somos Tesoro Entrepreneurship Fair, a space for the exhibition and commercialization of the products created by the entrepreneurship initiatives supported by Pact within the framework of the Somos Tesoro project.

An article about three former child laborers living in the municipality of El Bagre, in the department of Antioquia, focusing on the challenges they face working in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector.

An article about the participation of the Somos Tesoro project in the commemoration of the International Day against Child Labor, organized by the Colombian Network against Child Labor, led by the Ministry of Labor and the Global Compact.

An article about beneficiary households that the Somos Tesoro project has trained in family economics and savings models.