The United States Department of Labour (US DOL) has removed garments made in Jordan from its 2016 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) list. This was done as incidence of forced labour in the production of garments in Jordan has been significantly reduced, a US DOL report read.


'While there are still some indicators of forced labour present in the sector, their incidence is isolated and consistent with the standard articulated in the Procedural Guidelines, the evidence no longer supports inclusion of garments from Jordan in the TVPRA List,' reads the seventh edition of the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labour issued on September 30.

'The removal of these goods from the list is a result of targeted action,' says the report which includes the collection and reporting of credible information, the investment of significant resources by the government of Jordan, the USG, and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The US DOL also reports that 'one of Jordanian government's most significant steps to combat forced labour in the garment industry has been to collaborate with the ILO on the BWJ program which was launched in 2008 with funding from the USG and from participating garment buyers.'