Maria Hengeveld

@HengeveldMaria

Maria Hengeveld is a PhD researcher and Gates Scholar at King’s College, Cambridge. She investigates workers rights and supply chains.

Textile workers in Bangalore

When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor

Garment workers in India don’t need life-skills training. They need higher wages.

May 12, 2021 / Maria Hengeveld

Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever

Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever

Tea pluckers say the household-goods giant failed to protect them from brutal and foreseeable attacks.

Jan 27, 2021 / Feature / Maria Hengeveld

The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People

The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People The Factory Oversight Industry Protects Profits, Not People

An investigation into the dangerously irresponsible business of “ethical factory” audits.

Apr 23, 2020 / Maria Hengeveld

The UN Goes to Davos

The UN Goes to Davos The UN Goes to Davos

Corporate influence over the humanitarian sector has a long and compromised history. Call it UN, Inc. 

Nov 13, 2019 / Maria Hengeveld

Paul Polman

Big Business Has a New Scam: The ‘Purpose Paradigm’ Big Business Has a New Scam: The ‘Purpose Paradigm’

Multinational corporations are luring millennial workers with empty promises and self-serving slogans.

Jan 4, 2019 / Maria Hengeveld

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