Wages and Gender-based Violence – Exploring the connection between economic exploitation and violence against women workers This report shows the connections between economic exploitation and gender-based violence against women in the textile industry. It also gives recommendation for action of different stakeholders. Mehr Details
Gender Based Violence in the H&M Garment Supply Chain This report—including interviews with more than 331 workers employed in 32 factories that supply to H&M—documents the experiences of women garment workers at the base of H&M garment supply chains. Concentrated in short term, low-skill, and low-wage positions, they are at daily risk of gender-based violence and harassment at work. Systematically documenting risk factors for violence, this report presents new, in-depth profiles of gendered hiring practices in 6 H&M supplier factories in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India completed between February and May 2018. It also draws upon Asia Floor Wage Alliance (2016) documentation of rights violations at work in H&M garment global supply chains in Cambodia and India. Mehr Details
Citizen insights: Clothing Longevity and Circular Business Models receptivity in the UK The insights sight in this report are based upon two large scale pieces of online consumer research commissioned by WRAP in the autumn of 2021. Clothing Longevity: The objective of this work was to estimate clothing longevity for a wide range of clothing items and understand how these estimates are derived by key factors like demographics, acquisition route and in-use behaviours. Circular Business Models (CBMs): The objective for this work was to understand current citizen behaviours and receptivity to CBMs for clothing. Mehr Details
Gender Based Violence in the GAP Garment Supply Chain This report—including interviews with more than 215 workers employed in 21 factories that supply to Gap—documents the experiences of women garment workers at the base of Gap garment supply chains in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Concentrated in short term, low skill, and low-wage positions, they are at daily risk of gender-based violence and harassment at work. Systematically documenting risk factors for violence, this report presents new, in-depth profiles of 9 Gap supplier factories in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and India completed between February and May 2018. It also draws upon Asia Floor Wage Alliance (2016) documentation of rights violations at work in Gap garment global supply chains in India and Indonesia, based upon field work conducted between August and October 2015. Mehr Details
Civil Society European Strategy for Sustainable Textiles A non-official (or “shadow”) proposal for an ambitious and integrated EU strategy in support of fair and sustainable textile, garments, leather and footwear (TGLF) value chains. This document is a collaborative effort of a coalition of a diverse set of civil society organizations. We urge the European Commission, members of the European Parliament, governments of EU Member States in the Council and other stakeholders to work towards such a strategy. Read more …
