Eleven women garment workers from a factory in southern India sent a hand-written letter to a local union in late 2016. They wrote: “The plight of women workers … we don’t have anyone who would listen to us…. We have
he garment and footwear industry stretches around the world. Clothes and shoes sold in stores in the US, Canada, Europe, and other parts of the world typically travel across the globe. They are cut and stitched in factories in Asia,
This issues paper focuses on the garment industry, one of three sectors being addressed in WIEGO’s global markets program, which seeks to explain how current changes in global production and distribution systems affect women. The paper will be followed by
The global garment industry is responsible for millions of people’s well-being around the world. The chains linking high-street stores such as H&M, Zara and Marks & Spencer, and the people who make the clothes these stores sell, stretch across the
HomeNet Thailand, with support from WIEGO and other partners, campaigned for more than a decade to win legislative protection for homeworkers. Both the Homeworkers Protection Act B.E.2553 and a social protection policy came into force in May 2011. The law
The report has posed plausible arguments and recommendations on the matter in order to pursue concrete and harmonized actions that will address women’s right to pro-actively participate in public and private spheres of development. The anticipated expansion of the economy’s
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its constituents, at the 105th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC), discussed the need to further assess working conditions deficits as well as governance issues that may hinder the achievement of decent work
The Cambodian Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin provides an overview of recent developments in the sector, with an emphasis on issues related to payroll and wage components.
The garment industry in Southeast Asia suffers high rates of exploitation and neglect for both men and women. However, the challenges and treatment amongst women are especially unique, due to the cultural norms set upon them. With the garment industry
Garment industries, EPZ factories, tea industries, shrimp processing factories is reported to be a few of the most violent prone sectors in Bangladesh. This report focuses on values, societal norms, and quality of policies to better analyze and understand why