FEMNET Newsletter - March 2019 Dear visitor,Dear friends of FEMNET, On International Women's Day on 8 March, FEMNET launches a new campaign #againstviolence: We oppose the massive violence against women in the world of work and especially in the fashion industry. Our project partners report on bad conditions in sewing shops in India and Bangladesh. “In the factories, we are subjected to sexual harassment by superiors and are told that we are worthless. Women workers are silenced – by violence or threats. That is why almost none of the women dare to talk about their experiences”. Kalpona Akter, Bangladesh Many fashion brands let produce under these outrageous circumstances. With our #againstviolence campaign, we call on companies to take preventive measures to protect women. They must make sure that their suppliers do not tolerate violence in the workplace! Read also our Today's press release. Join us and send us a message #againstviolence against women! Join in! But how?Our tips for photos or videos #againstviolence Our video on youtube.com gives suggestions to join in. Paint hands bluee.g. with watercolours or fingercolours Our tip:Use the blue hands differently, e.g. as handprints on T-shirts etc. Write your message on your hands with red lettering, e.g. #against violence, ‘Stop violence’ or ‘Stop GBV’ in English[1]“ Take a photo or short video Post on social media, use the hashtag #againstviolence and refer to our website: www.femnet-ev.de/gegengewalt. Or provide us with your video snippet for our campaign video and website: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Announcement! Share your post or this email with friends and family and ask them to sign up as well. [1] GBV is the abbreviation for "gender-based violence", i.e. gender-based violence. www.femnet-ev.de/gegenGewalt Donations for local work You're convinced? You can also support our project #against violence with a donation! What we do A workshop for seamstresses at the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. Photo © BCWS We support our partner organisations BCWS in Bangladesh and SAVE in India as part of a cooperation project against violence against women and girls in the fashion industry. On site, they conduct training courses for workers and factory managers and establish dialogue structures. In Germany, we support this with active campaign and awareness-raising work. The project runs until 2021 and is funded by Engagement Global on behalf of the BMZ and the Women's Foundation filia. In addition, donations enable the implementation of our project work. Download the project portraits (PDF file) You will receive information material on the topic from us (e.g. our Factsheet on gender-based violence in the clothing industry (PDF file). Lectures and educational assignments are also possible. To the background Violence against women is one of the most widespread violations of human rights worldwide. These include not only physical assaults, but sexualized, psychological, and economic forms of violence. When sewing clothes, 60 to 90 percent of workers are women. Men mainly work in supervisory and managerial positions, they give instructions, exert pressure and many do not shy away from violent behavior: Studies show that women workers are frighteningly often victims of violence in the workplace. In surveys, around 75% of women workers in the Bangladeshi clothing industry say they have been harassed at work – the figure is correspondingly higher. More background information here. www.femnet-ev.de/gegengewalt 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, Vanessa Püllen, Susanne Kupka, Britta Amorinn, Christine Pflüger Editorial team: Katharina Edinger and Sina MarxResponsible 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. back
