Annual Reports Jahresberichte

Cover of the 2021 Annual Report

Annual Report 2021

We look back again on a challenging year. The ongoing pandemic has further deteriorated the situation of female workers in India and Bangladesh. In Myanmar, too, seamstresses who courageously oppose the military regime are subjected to violence and reprisals. Human rights violations must not be tolerated in order to increase corporate profits – our political work opposed them in 2021 and advocated binding rules to protect people’s rights in a sustainable way. With success, because we have been strongly committed to the Supply Chain Act adopted in 2021.

At the same time, the interest in making public textile purchasing fairer continues to grow significantly. In the seventh year, the ‘Fair Public Procurement’ project has further increased its outreach and FEMNET consultation requests have also increased. In addition, we now also advise companies on sustainable textile purchasing.

FEMNET Annual Report 2021 (PDF file)