Neil Howard is an academic activist and Prize Fellow at the University of Bath. His research focuses on unfree labour, and on the workings of the policy establishment as it seeks to respond. Follow him on twitter @NeilPHoward.
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: outsourcingOutsourcing allows big brands to distance themselves from big human rights abuses, including forced labour.
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: concentrated corporate power and ownershipMultinational corporations are becoming increasingly powerful – and this has serious implications for workers at the...
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: restrictive mobility regimesBorder restrictions are often justified as measures to protect migrants from "trafficking", but borders actually...
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: limited labour protectionFreedom from forced labour depends on workers' ability to access labour protections. Why are so many them unable to do so?
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: identity and discriminationSocial discrimination based on race, caste, gender and other factors is a crucial component of the forced labour equation.
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Confronting the root causes of forced labour: povertyPoverty isn’t just about lacking money – it interacts with the demands of the market society to shape people’s...