FEMNET Newsletter - June 2019 If you cannot read this email correctly, {readonline}klicken Sie hier!{/readonline}. NEWSLETTER - June 2019 Photo: © FEMNET Dear friends of FEMNET, 100 years of the ILO, 50 years of Primark – can we say a birthday wish? Sewing women should finally be able to do their work non-violently! After all, in June the ILO decides whether an international regulation against violence in the workplace will finally be introduced. No improvement is in sight at Primark: The fast-fashion giant is massively exploiting workers in producing countries. Actions will therefore take place throughout Germany around 13/06/2019 – perhaps also near you? In today's newsletter you will also find how student initiatives are committed to fair fashion and how the city of Stuttgart has bought sustainable work shoes on a large scale. We are also very pleased about our growth in the board and team of FEMNET. Wishing you an interesting read The FEMNET team Political & campaigns FEMNET Action Video #against Violence #ILOendGBV #StopGBVatWork 100 years of the ILO: Time for laws #againstviolence against women! In 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) celebrates its 100th anniversary. birthday. The ILO's highest body will meet from 10 to 21 June and will decide, among other things, on an international convention on violence and harassment in the workplace. This concerns in particular the fight against gender-based violence, i.e. in particular violence against women by men. A staggering number of women worldwide are experiencing workplace violence, and an international convention and national effective laws are long overdue. The FEMNET campaign work #against violence also continues: You can get an impression of our Bonn street action on Rana Plaza Memorial Day (24 April) in the action video. We would like to thank you for the broad support in donation and participation campaigns! Action #against violence at the Rana Plaza Memorial Day in Bonn. © Jill Ziemer Street theatre workshop in Bonn on 13-14 July 2019 Our street theatre workshop is about textile protest: On 13 and 14 July 2019, professional theatre educators will teach how we can express the topic of working conditions in the textile industry. For this purpose, we get to know various elements of action theatre (movement, dance, rhythm, music, speaking choirs, etc.). Together we develop our own performance and take it to the streets in Bonn's city centre. Interested people from other cities are also welcome! Participation in the workshop is free of charge! Registration with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Videos about FEMNET Street Theatre Actions (Youtube) Invitation flyer (PDF file) Cologne action planned for the Primark anniversary. © FEMNET Changing clothes instead of buying intoxication: #CongratsPrimark for 50 years of exploitation! Fashion giant Primark celebrates its 50th anniversary on June 13, 2019. anniversary. We will not leave this uncommented: Many organizations and groups carry out nationwide actions in this June week, including our new FEMNET action meeting in Cologne on June 15th: Click here for the Facebook event... On the occasion of the Primark Jubilee, the Romero Christian Initiative has action material and the new "Dossier Fast Fashion – a review in 3 parts“. Support actions near you! ‘Fair Play! Fair Pay!’ video of our FEMNET pyramid. © FEMNET Cum Ratione's Pyramid Challenge to Women's World Cup Spend billions on sponsoring sports teams and athletes, but don't pay living wages to textile workers?Normal at sporting goods manufacturers such as Adidas and co. Our partner organisation Cum ratione in Paderborn is therefore launching the #Pyramidenchallenge on the occasion of the Women's World Cup: Under the moth ‘Play Fair! Pay Fair!’, sports teams are to build a human pyramid and post a video of it online. If you refuse the challenge, Cum Ratione will ask you to donate € 10.00 to FEMNET. A fair jersey set will be raffled among all participants! Participate or nominate teams... EDUCATION & ADVICE Kerstin Dahmen discusses with interested students of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. © FEMNET Student initiatives are committed to fair fashion As part of our educational work at universities, we are increasingly cooperating with student initiatives that are committed to eco-fair clothing production. In May, for example, we discussed the initiative Fairquer the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach and were at the Fashion Revolution Week sneep Local group of the University of Münster as guest. Your student initiative would also be interested in an event with us? We look forward to hearing from you: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. FEMNET multipliers in use. © FEMNET Well prepared for educational assignments at universities Our Training for multipliers On 10 and 11 May 2019, it addressed the question of ‘how?’: How can I prepare optimally for my workshop as a multiplier? How can I deal with various challenges during a workshop? How do I encourage students to act? To support us, we were able to win three exciting speakers, who conducted a presentation and speech training with us, worked out target group-specific preparations and methods and talked about the Germanwatch’s ‘hand print’ approach new courses of action for students. You can find out what else our educational work at universities has to offer at www.fairschnitt.org FAIRE PUBLIC PROCESSING The work shoes are used in many areas. Photo: © Charles Deluvio - unsplash.com Stuttgart's pilot project: Cobblers, treat yourself to new lasts! Stuttgart's pilot project for the procurement of sustainable work and safety shoes was successfully completed in cooperation with FEMNET: Up to 5,500 shoes were advertised for around 1,700 employees. Social and environmental standards were included in the assessment and ultimately made the difference: Manufacturers who have set out to produce more sustainably have been rewarded with orders. It turned out that this made little difference in terms of price. Final report on the Stuttgart pilot project... The future multipliers for fair public procurement © FEMNET Growing team of experts for more sustainability in public procurement With new strength ahead: In order to accompany municipalities on their way to eco-fair procurement, we are continuing the education and training of multipliers this year. The diverse personal and professional backgrounds of our participants Training in May 2019 This reflects the social spectrum in which the topic is now beginning to gain a foothold. The trained multipliers can be requested from us for lectures and consultations. There are still places left for them. Basic training on 27-28 September 2019 (PDF file) in Cologne . Do you have prior knowledge? An advanced training course will take place on 25-26 October 2019 in Cologne (information to follow). NEWS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM The new board of FEMNET. © FEMNETOur board of directors: Five women for FEMNET At the general meeting on 18 May 2019, our board was re-elected. We currently have the following honorary board members: The managing directors are Dr Gisela Burckhardt, Susanne Kupka and Christine Pflüger. The assessors are Katharina Gahbler and Charlotte Kümpel. We would like to thank all previous members of the Executive Board for their great commitment and wish the new Executive Board every success in the coming years! Welcome to FEMNET Sabine Kaldonek! Sabine Kaldonek has been working at FEMNET in fundraising since May 2019. How did you come up with fair clothing? As part of a training course to become a CSR manager. We have developed the course unit "Sustainable Supply Chains" using the example of the textile industry. My view of the fashion industry has changed since then at the latest. The dimensions of our textile consumption with all the negative effects have become very clear to me. What motivates you? The combination of expertise and passion that I experience at FEMNET is great. The commitment to human rights in fashion, supported by many committed supporters, is consistently pursued. It works – not just on the ground. It also reaches more and more people to get excited about sustainable consumption. Welcome to the team! Sabine Kaldonek. TIPS & TERMINE 15.6.2019: Action in Cologne for Primark birthday: Changing clothes instead of buying intoxication! Appointment details on facebook 20.06.2019: German Evangelical Church Congress: Set a sign #againstviolence with FEMNET on June 20, 2019. You will find us at the stand of the Foundation for Environment and Development. (Total programme: www.kirchentag.de) 04.07.2019: Network initiative “Voluntary FAIR now!”: An event of the Ein Welt Netz NRW on fair public procurement with a forum of FEMNET on fair workwear 13.-14.07.2019:Street theatre workshop in Bonn (Participation free of charge, registration is requested) 12.-19.09.2019: Presentation mission "Good work" fair binds“ on working conditions in the workwear industry and fair public procurement (information to follow) 28.09.2019: All around Fair: Action programme in the middle of Münsterplatz with fair breakfast, fair fashion show and many Bonn initiatives (programme follows www.rundumfair.de) 27.-28.09.2019: Intensive training on fair public procurement for consulting and lobbying, lateral entry possible 26.-27.10.2019: Advanced training on fair public procurement for consulting and lobbying, for multipliers with previous knowledge (information to follow) Do you already know our blog? FEMNET IN THE MEDIA 15.04.2019: ‘Know where our clothes come from” e.g. on the FEMNET contribution to fair public procurement at the Fair Trade fair. In: Southwest textile 23.04.2019: ‘Voluntary standards are not enough“ with the opinion of Dr Gisela Burckhardt. In: Deutschlandfunk 25.4.2019: ‘Action of FEMNET in the city: Bonner Verein recalls the collapse of textile factory“ on the FEMNET street action for Rana Plaza Memorial Day. In: General-Anzeiger Bonn 01.05.2019: ‘Women think globally and act locally“ Interview with Katharina Edinger of FEMNET. In: Bonner Umwelt newspaper 03.05.2019: ‘The ‘Green Button’ threatens a false start“ with statement by Dr Gisela Burckhardt. In: Food newspaper (articles only for subscribers) 10.05.2019: ‘Top hui, bottom pfui – the fashion industry“ inter alia on the FEMNET campaign #against violence. In: Handelsblatt Business Briefing Sustainable investing 20.05.2019: Post in DW Business Asia by FEMNET consultant Sina Marx on the further work of the Accord in Bangladesh. In: Deutsche Welle 05.06.2019: ‘Dress exchange bazaar with poster exhibition and digital scavenger hunt“ Event impressions, including via the FEMNET exhibition. In: Website of the University of Tübingen SUPPORT FEMNET Our work convinces you? We look forward to your support! IMPRINT FEMNET e.V. Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 1153113 BonnThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Tel. 0228 18038116 Board of Directors: Dr. Gisela Burckhardt, Susanne Kupka, Christine Pflüger, Katharina Gahbler, Charlotte Kümpel Editorial team: Katharina Edinger and Dr. Gisela BurckhardtResponsible within the meaning of § 5 TMG: Dr. Gisela Burckhardt Disclaimer: Despite careful content control, we assume no liability. File number VR 9568B at the District Court of Bonn. 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