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Watch: “I asked the UK government how many migrant women work on farms. The answer shocked me”

September 5, 2025

Following the release of Uneven fields: women workers’ experiences of the Seasonal Worker Scheme, Focus on Labour Exploitation teamed up with The Fuller Project, the global newsroom dedicated to groundbreaking reporting that catalyses positive change for women.

They asked us how many women are on the Seasonal Worker Scheme. The answer is a lot more complicated than you would think.

We know there are gendered problems, with individual instances of exploitation and abuse. But without public data about even just how many women are on the scheme, how can we know how far and deep the problem goes?

Read the full briefing here: