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Dr Bonny Ling presents WBI Policy Brief at Taiwan-Japan Symposium “Migrant Workers in Asia: Patterns, Issues and Policies”

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16 August 2023. Dr Bonny Ling presented a new policy brief prepared by Work Better Innovations’ team at the joint symposium ‘Migrant Workers in Asia: Patterns, Issues and Policies’. The event is co-organised by Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF) and Japan External Trade Organization’s Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), with the National Human Rights Commission of …

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Thank you National Lottery Community Fund for funding our Food with Friends!

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25 July 2023. We are celebrating with National Lottery Community Fund today as a recent award recipient. We thank them for their support, which enables us to continue our Food with Friends project on food security and health education for the migrant communities in Portsmouth for one more year.  Today, the National Lottery is marking their £252m of …

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WBI Reflects on the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2023’s Focus on Human Rights in Shipping

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20 June 2023. Last week our director Dr Bonny Ling was at the Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment in New York and represented WBI as a contributing partner. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for Human Rights and Business. On Day 2, she moderated the “Due Diligence in Shipping & Ports” panel, …

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WBI returns to Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment 2023, With a Talk Moderated by Dr Bonny Ling

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12 June 2023. Work Better Innovations joins IHRB’s Global Forum for Responsible Recruitment (13-14 June) in New York for the 2023 edition as a contributing partner. Dr Bonny Ling will moderate a session on Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in the shipping industry alongside speakers from Impactt, UN Global Compact and RightShip on Day 2 …

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WBI wins a National Lottery Community Grant to continue Food with Friends

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6 May 2023. We are absolutely thrilled to share that we have received a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund to run our Food with Friends project for another year.  In November 2022, we received a Community Inclusion Fund from the Portsmouth City Council for Food with Friends. We match-funded, so that together we …

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Exhibition in Taiwan Showcases Graphics from WBI’s Guidebook on Forced Labour

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18 May 2023. The graphics from WBI’s Guidebook on ILO’s Forced Labour Indicators drawn by the phenomenal illustrator Stellina Chen can now be seen in a public exhibition on forced labour, curated by the Taiwan Labor Front, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan! The educational exhibition by the Taiwan Labor Front 台灣勞工陣線, a well-known labour organisation with a …

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WBI spotlights the release of Portsmouth EDI consultation findings

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18 April 2023. WBI spotlights the release of the findings from consultations to set Portsmouth City Council’s new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy. In January 2023, WBI took part in the consultation workshop and provided our feedback and hopes for EDI and Portsmouth. The consultation was part of a series of discussions and surveys …

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WBI hosts a Human Rights Eid with Amnesty International UK in Portsmouth

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14 April 2023. We are very pleased to announce that Amnesty International UK (AIUK) and Work Better Innovations will host a special Human Rights Eid in Portsmouth on 29 April at Aspex Portsmouth. Portsmouth’s Human Rights Eid will conclude Amnesty’s series of Human Rights Iftars around the country during Ramadan, in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham …

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WBI’s Executive Director Teaching a Graduate Course on Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights

Announcements, Business

3 April 2023. WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling returns to the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University as Visiting Assistant Professor to lead a graduate course on Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights in Supply Chains alongside Prof Chiu Yu-Fan (邱羽凡教授)  to build capacity for business and human rights in Taiwan. Back in December 2022, Executive Director Dr Bonny …

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Special Online Workshop on Introduction to UK Work Culture with Peter Fincham

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6 March 2023. Portsmouth-based businessman and part-time author Peter Fincham returns by popular demand to deliver a bespoke session on UK work culture to the fourth cohort enrolled in our WBI-supported Employment Support for Migrants programme.   Online Chat on Work Culture in the UK with Peter Fincham, 9 March 2023, Thursday, 16:30-17:30 Portsmouth Previously, participants …

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