COVID-19 and the Textile/Fashion Industry: Facts and Projections
Women compose the majority of the garment sector workforce and are uniquely affected by the COVID crisis.
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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.
- 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
- Female textile workers in Bangladesh with Siddika Sultana, ESDO Bangladesh