Garment workers
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Justice for Jeyasre: how a brutal murder led to a better deal for garment workers in India
After a 21-year-old employee was raped and killed by her supervisor in 2021, campaigners ensured conditions at…
- Employment, Environment, Ethical and green living, Fashion, Garment workers, Global development, Global health, India, Life and style, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonne…
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‘Because of women it became a people’s revolution’: what has changed one year on from Bangladesh’s student uprising?
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure l…
- Bollywood, Culture, Employment, Film, Garment workers, Gender, Global development, India, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
What does a Bollywood star have to do with Indian women’s wellbeing? Everything | Shrayana Bhattacharya
In India being a female fan of Shah Rukh Khan is not just about a love of film – it’s a form of resistance aga…
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Woman making Christmas jumpers for UK turns to sex work to pay bills
Story of garment worker’s ordeal in Bangladesh, where she works in a factory producing clothes for brands incl…
- Bangladesh, Business, Employment, Fashion, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Human rights, Retail industry, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay face brutal violence and threats
Workers describe hands and arms being targeted in ‘merciless’ beatings as protests over low wages turn increas…
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Bangladeshi woman killed after police open fire on protesting garment workers
Employees making clothes for fast-fashion brands have been demonstrating against a new minimum salary of £92 a…
- Bangladesh, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Human rights, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages
Garment workers in Bangladesh making clothes for UK brands say plans to increase their pay to £76 a month is n…
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Fashion’s unseen stories: the homeworkers of Tirupur – in pictures
Homeworkers in an all-female cooperative in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu – known as India’s knitwear capital – took par…
- Bangladesh, Garment workers, Global development, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Bangladeshi labour leader beaten to death while trying to resolve dispute
Shahidul Islam died in an assault on Sunday in Dhaka after meeting garment factory employees fighting for unpa…
- Bangladesh, Fashion industry, Garment workers, Global development, Pakistan, Rana Plaza, South and Central Asia
‘Give workers an equal seat’: pressure builds for Levi’s to protect factory employees
Activists say that the company’s own audits have been ineffective and workers receive inadequate safety protec…
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Pakistani garment workers left destitute and starving after Missguided collapse
Fashion retailer’s suppliers in Pakistan have sacked hundreds without pay, as invoices for completed orders re…
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‘To survive, I must appear fearless’: the former nun helping India’s garment workers fight sexual violence
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands…
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Murder, rape and abuse in Asia’s factories: the true price of fast fashion
Jeyasre Kathiravel’s death exposed the epidemic of violence facing workers making clothes for the UK high stre…
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H&M pledges to end shopfloor sexual violence in India after worker killed
Landmark agreement to protect garment workers from violence follows last year’s murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, …