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Dr Bonny Ling on Taiwanology – Taiwan’s Migrant Workers Have a Dream

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24 January 2024. In the latest episode by Taiwanology, WBI’s Director Dr Bonny Ling speaks to the host Kwangyin Liu for an insightful conversation on the incoming EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and what this means for Taiwan’s businesses. Taiwanology is a podcast produced by CommonWealth Magazine, which discusses Taiwan’s geopolitics, technology and …

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One-Month Impact Overview of WBI’s Policy Brief on English-Chinese Terms in Taiwan’s Recruitment

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9 January 2024. One month after WBI published the policy brief “Recruitment Fees and Related Costs in Taiwan: Dictionary of English-Chinese Terms” on International Migrants Day on 18 December 2023, we share findings that highlight the impact generated by its release. The ‘Dictionary Brief’, authored by our Executive Director, Dr Bonny Ling, with the assistance …

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Prominent Business Magazine features WBI Director Dr Bonny Ling in an article on Business and Human Rights

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16 January 2023. WBI Executive Director Dr Bonny Ling was recently featured in an article by CommonWealth Magazine, which also references WBI’s Practical Guidebook for Taiwan’s SMES on Understanding the International Labour Organisation’s Indicators of Forced Labour. The article is part of a series on the topic of business and human rights, written in Chinese …

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WBI Attended Institute of Government and Public Policy’s Conference on Safeguarding Refugees & Asylum-Seekers

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12 January 2024. In October last year, our Director of Community Engagement Anita David attended the Institute of Government & Public Policy’s biannual Conference on Safeguarding Refugees and Asylum Seekers.  The Conference, delivered in partnership with In Professional Development and University of East London, explored partnership, collaboration and fostering integration and social inclusion amongst refugees and asylum …

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WBI Releases Policy Brief, a Dictionary of English-Chinese Terms on Recruitment Fees and Related Costs in Taiwan

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18 December 2023. Today, on International Migrants Day, we are releasing our newest publication, “Recruitment Fees and Related Costs in Taiwan: Dictionary of English-Chinese Terms,” to remove misunderstandings arising from language and translation as obstacles to responsible recruitment in the migration corridors to Taiwan. WBI celebrates International Migrants Day 2023 with the release of this …

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WBI Continues Discussion on Forced Labour with Podcast on Debt Bondage

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5 December 2023. WBI recorded two podcasts with iLabour (鉤拳！右鉤權！吃我一記愛の勞動權！) hosted by Taiwan Labour Front on forced labour indicators as part of a series of public education on labour rights in Taiwan. We reported on the first one on the withholding of wages, here. The second one is on debt bondage; you can listen here, …

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WBI Discusses Withholding of Wages on a Forced Labour Podcast Series

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28 November 2023. WBI is featured on a labour rights podcast in Taiwan! Our Executive Director sat down with the host of the popular labour podcast iLabor in Taiwan (左鉤拳！右鉤權！吃我一記愛の勞動權！) to talk about the withholding of wages as a forced labour indicator. You can listen here, in Chinese. This is a part of a series …

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WBI Welcomes Portsmouth City Council’s EDI Draft Strategy for 2024-2027

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21 November 2023. As one of the contributors to Portsmouth City Council’s Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) consultation meeting  in January 2023, WBI welcomes and shares our feedback to the council’s EDI Draft Strategy for 2024-2027.  Work Better Innovations (WBI) would like to take this opportunity to welcome Portsmouth City Council’s commitment to “champion diversity, …

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WBI Releases Video to Celebrate the Conclusion of our 6th Cohort of Employment Support for Migrants 

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17 November 2023. WBI congratulates the 6th cohort of our Employment Support for Migrants for successfully completing the course. To celebrate this achievement, and to highlight the overall success of the programme tailored in partnership with Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and City of Portsmouth College, we are releasing a video featuring two of our former …

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WBI Welcomes the Launch of Civil Society Proposal to Protect Migrant Fishers in ASEAN

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3 November 2023. WBI welcomes the release of the policy paper “Proposal by the Regional Civil Society Consultation for the ASEAN Guideline on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers and Their Families,” with contributions from 25 organisations, including WBI.  The two NGOs, Better Engagement Between East and Southeast Asia (BEBESEA) and the Human Rights …

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