Follow the fish
Tuna sold in a market in Hoi An, Vietnam. Image by Andy Wright, retrieved from Flickr. For some time, I’ve been puzzling over how seafood...
Katrina Nakamura, PhD, Sustainability Incubator
Jun 5, 2018
Labour Day: a reminder of labour issues in Southeast Asia’s fisheries sector
Labour Day, or International Workers’ Day, has been celebrated on May 1 since the late 19th century. The celebration of Labour Day began...
Fangning Tan
May 1, 2018
Elimination of Racial Discrimination: one step towards the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
21st March is not only the start of spring, but is also the United Nations (UN)’s international day for the Elimination of Racial...
Flavie Denelle
Mar 20, 2018
An overview: Women in the aquaculture and fisheries sector
On this 8th of March 2018, on International Women’s Day, it is important to realize that we are far from gender equality in the fisheries...
Flavie Denelle
Mar 7, 2018
From passive victims to partners in their own reintegration: Examining civil society’s role in empow
The year 2015 marked a turning point in the fight against human trafficking in the Thai fishing industry – or so it appeared. A highly...
David Rousseau
Oct 12, 2017
Why are children’s rights not just like any other human right? The role of families and communities
This article was originally published on http://embode.co/news/why-are-childrens-rights-not-other-hu. By all accounts, children’s rights...
Sheila Varadan, Embode
Jun 21, 2017
When children are at school, they are not on the cocoa farm
World Day Against Child Labour Repost from original article written for Cocoa Life Indonesia is the third-largest cocoa producer in the...
Aarti Kapoor, Embode
Jun 13, 2017
Are Worker Voice Tools Really About Workers’ Voices?
In the field of ethical trade, there are multiple stakeholders. But in the conferences, the trade associations and the alliances, we find...
Lea Esterhuizen, &Wider
Feb 1, 2017
Extracting social indicators from international law
It’s commonly accepted that there are a range of international legal instruments of relevance to the seafood supply chain. The pressing...
Marika McAdam
Jan 31, 2017
Four Essential Conversations to Have with Your Vendors
Very often brands and retailers themselves do not own or even work directly with the factories manufacturing the products they sell....
Greta Matos, &Wider
Jan 18, 2017
