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A Blogger’s Guide tEthical Fashion is your guide to a slower wardrobe, written by over 30 bloggers with a common goal: To make our on- and offline wardrobes fair, sustainable and transparent. On more than 100 pages, the guide dedicates itself to the topic of slow & fair fashion in partly personal, partly factual articles under the hashtag #WardrobeRevolution. From word definitions to mental travels to critical statements, the contributions are diverse and solution-oriented, from the everyday life of bloggers, into your wardrobe.

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The country profile provides basic information on the clothing industry and wage situation in Romania. In terms of wages, average wages, minimum wages and subsistence wages are discussed. The country profile shows wage-related labour and human rights violations and formulates demands on brands and retailers. It summarizes the results of an on-site investigation and statements from interviews with workers and gives case studies.
The country profile is linked to the study ‘Abandoned: Women workers’ poverty wages in garment factories in Eastern Europe and Turkey’

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Wages far below livelihood levels, serious shortcomings in health and safety, and discrimination and exploitation based on traditional gender and caste standards - working conditions in Indian footwear and leather production are catastrophic. This is proven by the new study of the campaign Change Your Shoes, published by SÜDWIND and INKOTA. The organizations are calling on brand companies around the world not to continue to make profits at the expense of workers. A particular focus is on Europe.

editorial: Bhattacharjee, Anannya; Deter, Melanie; Geldermann, Anna; Grigentin-Krämer, Sandra; Schumacher, Vera
The fact sheet is based on the study of the same name

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Germany is one of the world’s largest importers and exporters of garments. German fashion brands and retailers are the primary buyers of fashion items from Ukraine and Bulgaria, as well as the second most important buyers from Croatia and Serbia. For this study, workers from different suppliers of German brands and retailers in Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria were interviewed.

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The film is based on the study ‘The modern form of slavery in Indian spinning mills’, conducted by FEMNET e.V. and CIVIDEP. He gives an insight into the labour and human rights violations in Indian spinning mills, to which the girls and women who are exposed to a system of modern slavery with the system of camp work are at the mercy. The film shows photos from the factories where the girls and women work, as well as from the shelters where they are held captive. The pictures are supplemented by interviews with former workers under the camp work system, which has so far been discussed under the heading ‘Sumangali’.

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