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KnowTheChain has released its 2023 Food & Beverage Benchmark ([link removed]) , looking at the disclosure and performance of 60 of the world’s largest global F&B companies on their efforts to address forced labour in supply chains.

Only half of the companies benchmarked scored higher than 10 out of 100 possible points, and none scored higher than 56. The average score across the sector was just 16. Read more here ([link removed]) , or explore the data ([link removed]) .

Freedom Fund has launched the Funding Frontline Impact ([link removed]) initiative, to share knowledge and tools to help other funders invest in organizations that are directly impacted by forced labor, or who work closely with communities where exploitation is prevalent.

Saferworld published an article on why community-led development ([link removed]) , like public involvement in local government decision-making and the equitable allocation of resources, is critical for peace.

The Global Investigative Journalism Network shared seven key takeaways ([link removed]) from the 2023 Centre for Investigative Journalism Conference.

Open Data Institute is seeking applicants for a new peer-learning network ([link removed]) that will enable organizations in the labor rights and supply chain sectors that use data to share knowledge, address common challenges, and work together to build a more open and integrated data ecosystem to improve conditions for workers.

Peace Direct published an article highlighting the work of youth peacebuilders ([link removed]) and speaks to the power that young people can have to help shape peace in their communities.


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Humanity United has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Center for Conflict and Violence Prevention to inform USAID’s localization and inclusive peacebuilding efforts. ([link removed])

Dr. Bryan Sims, Senior Manager, Peacebuilding, published an article on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's WritePeace Blog on the importance of non-violent movements ([link removed]) in building lasting peace and security.

Kehinde Togun, Managing Director, Public Engagement, and Kate Hixon, Advocacy Director for Africa at Amnesty International USA, published a op-ed in Foreign Policy on the need to hold Ethiopia accountable ([link removed]) for its human rights violations.


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The Washington Post reports that according to survivor accounts, conflict in western Sudan ([link removed]) is taking on an increasing resemblance the atrocities in Darfur twenty years ago.

A new study in the journal Nature Food finds that more than 60 percent of food consumed within the U.S. that is at risk of being produced by forced labor is produced domestically ([link removed]) , due to widespread worker exploitation.

iMEdD (Incubator for Media Education and Development) has published a journalistic guide ([link removed]) to approaching & covering traumatic events.

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