Recherchetool für Materialien

Research Tool for Materials

The materials database contains media on our key topics of working conditions in the textile and clothing industry and the environmental impact of clothing. The types of media include studies, guidelines and reports, as well as films, podcasts and web tools.

 

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This report presents the findings of a legal capacity-building project conducted during 2015-2016 to empower women garment workers in Bengalaru (Bangalore), Karnataka to challenge sexual harassment and violence at work.
This report evidences the high levels of sexual harassment and violence suffered by women garment workers in Bangalore and the failure of current internal grievance procedures to effectively investigate complaints and sanction perpetrators. Following a Roundtable with State policy makers and government officials in March 2016, this report makes 9 concrete recommendations for action to improve implementation of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act and to combat the unacceptable levels of sexual harassment and violence suffered by women garment workers on a daily basis. Although focused on one State, the findings and recommendations made in this report have relevance beyond Karnataka given the levels of violence experienced by women garment workers at other garment and textile sector hubs in both Tamil Nadu and Delhi.

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Gender-based violence at work is a violation of human rights and a major barrier to decent work and the dignity, safety and security of workers. Gender-based violence and sexual harassment, especially in the form of violence and verbal abuse against women workers, are common, under-reported and inadequately addressed problems, most frequently found in sectors where women represent the majority of factory or farm workers. Tackling these problems requires appropriate law enforcement systems, effective social dialogue, better awareness among employers, practical workplace initiatives, and strategies to reach and give voice to those workers who are most affected.
The practical strategies suggested in this ITCILO Resource Kit aim to facilitate the implementation of legislation, while also forging new approaches to addressing gender-based violence in the workplace.
The resource kit is meant for a broad audience: from global companies to MSIs and stakeholders as well as trade union and NGOs.

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Thousands of Syrians whhave fled their war-torn home country are working in Turkey’s apparel factories. Most of them dnot have work permits and are desperate tearn an income, which makes them highly vulnerable texploitation by employers. Many Syrians in the Turkish garment sector are getting paid below the minimum wage, even though they work long hours in unhealthy and dangerous conditions. Cases of employment of Syrian refugee children have alsbeen reported. Turkey is the third-largest non-EU garment-exporting country tSweden and Norway after China and Bangladesh, and an important sourcing market for the Nordic clothing brands H&M, KappAhl, Lindex, Gina Tricot and Varner (BikBok, Cubus, Carlings, Dressman, Urban et al.). This study investigates how these five brands are tackling the risk of abuse and discrimination of Syrian refugees in their supply chains in Turkey.

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How can we make the global apparel industry socially responsible and sustainable? And what role do corporations, politicians and consumers play in this? Our dossier for this year's Anne Klein Women's Award, which goes to women's rights activist Gisela Burckhardt, is dedicated to the conditions in textile production in Cambodia, India and Bangladesh.
The dossier contains the following contributions:

  • introduction
  • Bangladesh’s textile sector – three years after Rana Plaza
  • "The German government needs to get in touch with trade unions" - Interview with Yang Sophorn, President of Cambodia
  • Alliance of Trade Unions Working Conditions
  • Children as camp coolies in Tamil Nadu
  • Seamstresses in the Poverty Trap
  • What to do?
  • Germany's contribution to sustainable textile production
  • Rethinking global textile production
  • A historic opportunity - Interview with Gisela Burckhardt, FEMNET, on the Textile Alliance

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In the wee hours of the morning on January 31, in the worst tannery disaster in the industry's history in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a deluge of toxic sludge from a storage tank killed nine sleeping workers and a watchman. The Tamil Nadu Farmers' Association said the tank explosion was due to poor construction and they are demanding 10 lakh rupees (US$16,200) compensation for the victims.

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