Issara Institute

Category:

Civil Society Organization
Nongovernmental Organization

Focus:

Social

Location:

International

Organization Description:

Issara Institute is an independent NGO operating on the ground in global supply chains, working with workers and communities in partnership with civil society, business, and government to build ethical supply chains from the bottom up. Known for its inclusive labor monitoring method and worker-voice tools, Issara supports grievance handling, remediation, and worker empowerment across seafood, garments, electronics, and other sectors, having documented and remediated hundreds of thousands of cases of labor abuses.

Role in Indian Shrimp Aquaculture: Issara Institute pioneered worker-voice and inclusive labor monitoring tools in the seafood industry in Thailand, and is now extending similar models into India's shrimp processing sector. Its methodology, built on worker communications, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and real-time grievance handling, can help surface and remediate forced labor, wage theft, and recruitment abuses among migrant peeling-shed workers.

Contact: www.issarainstitute.org

Website: www.issarainstitute.org