Category: Women / Human Rights
More than 70% of the workforce in the fashion industry are female. They suffer from low wages, occupational diseases, and violence. The importance of human rights and women`s rights in the fashion industry cannot be highlighted enough.
Online portal for textile incidents – knowing the risks but also eliminating them
Development and environmental NGOs have launched a public portal highlighting risks in the global supply chain. of clothing, textiles and footwear: www.textile-incidents.info Human rights are still being violated and the
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Textile Incidents List: a new website that tracks publicly available information on incidents, labour rights violations and infringements from production countries
This website documents incidents within the textile and garment sector in Bangladesh as well as other important production countries
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The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion: Human Rights Abuses in the Brazilian Cotton Industry
Uncover the hidden human rights abuses in Brazil caused by the cotton supply chains of major fashion brands.
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Human rights impacts of toxic plastics
The report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics stresses that “the stages of the plastics cycle disproportionately affect people living in poverty”.
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Gender & Chemicals in Textiles
How to ensure better protection for female workers from toxic chemicals in the textile and garment industry?
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Murder of a Female Worker Once Again Sheds Light on Structural Violence in India’s Factories
Violence against women is a bitter everyday occurrence in India’s factories.
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- Challenges of textile waste import to Tunisia with Semia Gharbi, Tunisia
- Environment and health challenges of the textile industry in Bangladesh, with Dr Shahriar Hossain from ESDO in Bangladesh
- How textile waste piles up in the Global South with Gilbert Kuepouo, Cameroon
- Sanitary pads and toxic-free textile solutions with Priti Mahesh from India