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As the Syrian civil war, enters its ninth year, more than half of the Syrian population has been forcedfully displaced from their homes, with 5.6 million seeking refuge abroad. With its open door policy, Turkey has contributed significantly to humanitarian relief for more than 3.5 million civilians affected by the war in Syria.

The vast majority of Syrians in Turkey reside outside of refugee camps, making their living from waged labour in towns and cities across Turkey, including work in the garment industry. Turkey’s garment industry has become one of the largest sources of income for Syrians, with an estimated 250,000-400,000 Syrian workers.

Focusing on how refugee workers experience and navigate their precarious situations, this report sheds light on both the individual as well as the structural factors that enable and constrain refugee workers in their struggle for a decent life in Turkey. While the purchasing practices of brands and the domestic policy framework remain decisive in shaping the conditions on the factory floor, refugees’ own agency and struggles must be understood as a constitutive element of their workplace experience.

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Change starts with transparency. This publication seeks to promote a greater understanding of the realities of child labour by presenting interviews with children who were found working in Asia’s garment sector.

It first gives definitions of child labour, an overview of Asia’s booming garment industry and then examines child labour in Asia. The study also discusses the role of brands and introduces the Fair Wear Foundation trainings on age verification as well as the Fair Wear Foundation policy on child labour.

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The study offers the most comprehensive investigation yet into the conditions of work for women and girls in India’s home-based garment sector. 85 percent of the home-based garment workers documented for the report exclusively work in supply chains for the export of apparel to major brands in the United States and European Union. These Indian workers consist almost entirely of women and girls from historically oppressed ethnic communities who earn approximately $0.15 per hour. The primary aim of the report is to provide insights into the lives of these workers in the hope that governments, companies, and nonprofits will be able to better coordinate on solutions to address the exploitation documented.

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In the Fair Fashion Guide of AK OÖ and GET CHANGED!, leading experts explain the six most important reasons to buy fair fashion. In addition, a quality seal check informs about what they really hold.

In the new Fair Fashion Guide of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour, you will find more than 500 fair fashion shops and second-hand shops from all over Austria as well as information that encourages conscious and sustainable fashion consumption.

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This guide is divided into three sections:

• In Part 1, the guide defines traceability and explores its history, benefits and challenges, including an overview of current collaborative schemes on traceability.
• In Part 2, the guide demonstrates a model for best practice in traceability, and provides an overview of the different models of traceability and the global initiatives operating in the arena.
• In Part 3, the guide provides guidance to companies around the world, large and small, on how to effectively engage in traceability.

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