ABOUT US
Issara Institute is an independent NGO (U.S. 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation) based in Asia and the United States tackling issues of human trafficking and forced labour through worker voice, partnership, and innovation. The Institute was established in 2014 by a team of anti-trafficking experts coming out of the United Nations who created an alliance of private sector, civil society, and government partners to address labour issues in global supply chains.
HOW WE COLLABORATE
Efforts to improve supply chains and empower workers move from transactional to transformational when values-aligned stakeholders apply their power, leverage, and voice collectively to promote better business practices and create improved working and recruitment conditions. Our Collaboration Framework details how we work with the Inclusive Labor Monitoring (ILM) Action Network of global buyers, suppliers, recruitment agencies, civil society organizations (CSOs), and workers themselves to make ethical supply chains a sustainable, mainstreamed reality.
workervoices.org
UPLIFTING WORKER VOICES WITH DATA & TECH
Have you ever wondered about the people who make the products you use every day? workervoices.org is a unique platform that harnesses the power of data and technology to connect you directly with the experiences of workers in global supply chains.
Explore the real-life stories, challenges, and aspirations of workers and their communities, shared via worker-led videos. Also, our Inclusive Labor Monitoring Community Dashboard aggregates real-time data from a range of civil society-led worker voice channels in Asia, providing you with up-to-date insights into workers' daily lives and concerns.
REACH & IMPACT
Issara connects global brands and retailers to empowered, safeguarded worker voice. We are constantly evolving all the ways that we can build more effective partnerships and technologies to identify and remediate labor abuses in supply chains that are not being detected and resolved by audits or social compliance schemes.
We share our key metrics and that of the ILM Action Network transparently and in near-real time at www.workervoices.org. The metrics along with the case studies and testimonies aim to convey a rich picture about remediation, improvement over time, and learning from risks to prevent more harms in the future.
The sheer number of calls and messages that we receive, and the numbers of workers whose issues were remediated, attests to the success of our model based on worker voice and empowerment, partnership, and innovation.
ISSARA GLOBAL FORUM 2023
A big thank you to all the wonderful speakers and participants who helped make the 2023 Issara Global Forum a big success! We had very honest multi-stakeholder conversations about ethical recruitment, we experienced exciting tech and AI demos, and we heard from worker representatives throughout. Learn more from our 10-minute highlights reel about what was accomplished, and what we hope to accomplish between now and the next Issara Global Forum!
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Myanmar language:
1-800-010-180
Khmer language:
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