FEMNET publishes roadmap as part of the textile alliance

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As a member of the Alliance for Sustainable Textiles, FEMNET has published a catalogue of measures (Roadmap). For 2017, a total of 130 action plans were submitted. The creation of the roadmap was mandatory for every member of the Textile Alliance, but the publication was still voluntary this year. Of course, the federal government has also created a roadmap and published it, and so far 17 companies have dared to show their roadmap and thus their goals for 2017 to the public. Most companies are more concerned about transparency. Also the Twenty civil society members of the Textile Alliance have issued a roadmap, although the given question grid relates little to the activities of civil society and their political commitment extends far beyond their participation in the Textile Alliance.

• FEMNET Roadmap (PDF file)

ACCORD contract extended in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh ACCORD for Fire and Building Safety It was extended by three years. The contract is a binding agreement between purchasing companies and trade unions to increase safety at the suppliers of international textile companies.

More information on the topic.

News from our partners

Up-to-date information on the situation in Bangladesh: Visit of Kalpona Akter and Mim Akter to Germany on the 17th. - 27.10.2017

Wages in Bangladesh's clothing industry are among the lowest in the world. The working conditions are catastrophic and there are always accidents with many dead and injured. When thousands of workers went on strike for a higher minimum wage in the Ashulia textile region in December 2016, factory owners and the government relentlessly struck back: 600 workers and trade unionists have been charged, 1,600 have been fired, and 26 have been detained.

At the invitation of FEMNET and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, two women from Bangladesh visit us: Kalpona Akter from the NGO Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS) and Mim Akter, a trade unionist.

Among other things, we organize a workshop with them and trade unionists from Germany, and they visit our university partners. There will be a public event with them in Cologne on 23 October.

Information about the tour

News from the association

We will send you the FEMNET anniversary booklet on request

In September, our anniversary booklet will be published with a review of the past ten years, an overview of our activities and an outlook for the future. In it you will find, among other things, a chronology that traces the most important FEMNET milestones and how a small club with one employee and 15 members became an association with more than ten employees and more than 100 members.

Donors and activists explain why they are committed to FEMNET, and all projects introduce themselves briefly. In interviews with founding member Ines Holthaus and CEO Gisela Burckhardt, you will learn about the biggest successes and challenges of the past decade.

The booklet is available for take away at the party, but we will also be happy to send it to you by post. Please, email us your address to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The FEMNET anniversary celebration with many strong women

This year we are celebrating our 10th anniversary at the FEMNET anniversary event on Friday, 20 October 2017 in Bonn.

We were able to win Christine Morgenstern, Head of the Gender Equality Department of the Ministry of Family Affairs. The women's rights activists Kalpona Akter and Mim Salma Akter from Bangladesh and the A-Capella women of the Bonn Barbershop Choir will be present. The Rhubarbs.

Invitation to the anniversary celebration (PDF file)

My wish for 10. Birthday: Permanent donation instead of gifts

In ten years we have already achieved a lot together. Now is the time to measure politics and companies by their declarations of intent and to demand concrete action for fair work and strong women. For this we need a long breath and your support.

Become a permanent FEMNET donor. As a long-term sponsor, you strengthen our influence and the effectiveness of political work and contribute to sustainably improving the working conditions of textile workers. “Fair work – strong women” – together we will make it happen.

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Your Dr. Gisela Burckhardt

FEMNET in the media

Press review May-July 2017

4 May 2017
WDR, Ms tv: A woman has a mission – Fighting for fair clothing

23 May 2017
Southwest Press: Luxury fashion under the sign of fair production

23 May 2017
The Stuttgart newspaper: Annual General Meeting at Hugo Boss

11 July 2017
Finance.net: Re-admissible products from child labour

23 July 2017
Süddeutsche Zeitung: Textile alliance wobbles

28 July 2017
Global learning: New educational material Fair Fashion Guide by FEMNET

31 July 2017
WDR, at home and on the go, TV: Clothing for life, interview with Gisela Burckhardt on the apparel industry

Tips & dates

Current dates and past events can be found on our FEMNET homepage.

In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the following dates:

30 August 2017
Image/video presentation and discussion on working conditions in Bangladeshi textile factories – impressions of a dialogue visit in February 2017. Start date: 7.15 p.m., World shop Bonn, Maxstraße 36

5 September 2017
Regular meeting FairQuatschen: Clara Hanfland reports on her three-month internship at Cividep, our partner in Bangalore, India, 7 pm, Kulturzentrum Brotfabrik Bonn, Kreuzstraße 16

10 September 2017
FEMNET & Greenpeace Dress Exchange Party, 11-15.30, House 8, Ermekeil site (entrance next to Reuterstr. 61), Bonn

12 September 2017
Panel discussion Primark at the Fair-Trade-Town Bonn. Start date: 6 pm, House of Education, Bonn

19 September 2017
FairQuatschen-Kino-Meeting for the film "The True Cost" as part of the Bonner Filmfair 2017 and panel discussion with Gisela Burckhardt, 7.30 p.m. at Woki, Bonn

26 September 2017
Lecture, panel discussion: "Which seals can I trust?", presentation of the revised Bonn shopping guide and fashion show, 7 p.m., Old Town Hall Bonn

28 September 2017
Fair Trade Night in Cologne too many facets of fair trade with a FÖB stand from FEMNET. Admission free, 6 pm - 10 pm in the FORUM VHS and foyer in the Kulturquartier am Neumarkt, Cäcilienstraße 29-33, Cologne.

13 October 2017
Presentation by Dr Gisela Burckhardt at the textile conference “Prima – Klima – Kleider” of the German Catholic Women’s Association in Mainz

20 October 2017
Celebration 10 years of FEMNET – 10 years of fair work – strong women: 7 p.m. (entrance 6 p.m.) at the Kulturzentrum Brotfabrik Bonn, Kreuzstraße 16.

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