Shopping and supporting fair working conditions for textile producers and the environment is easy. The new edition of our flyer ‘Eyes on when buying clothes’ shows which seals stand for fair conditions in textile production.
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Bonn. The corona crisis is burning glass-like, showing deficits in social and environmental sustainability in the supply chain of local fashion and retail companies. Instead of using the Textile Alliance as a platform for more effective, joint action by different actors and paving the way for more sustainable supply chains after the coronavirus outbreak, several business representatives in the steering committee are now threatening a blockade. A smart strategy for a sustainable future is different, say the civil society member organisations in the alliance.
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In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, precarious working conditions in the clothing industry are becoming apparent. Redundancies and wage losses continue: Another 3,000 textile workers have been laid off from now on. They react with protest and a symbolic hunger strike.
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On the Canada Life donation platform can be voted on for our Corona Emergency Fund as of today, 16 June 2020.
Every vote counts and supports FEMNET in receiving additional donations for the care of textile workers and their families in India and Bangladesh.
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Whether rain jacket, sweater or mud pants: Nurses also buy clothes. FEMNET advises care facilities on finding fair alternatives. Now we have put together the most important information in a shopping aid.
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The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA), an alliance founded in 2007 by Asian labour rights organisations from several countries, analysed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers in the garment manufacturing countries. The focus is on Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
This is a Summary of the original report (PDF file).
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Shefali is pleased to be able to receive food aid from NGWF through the FEMNET Corona Emergency Aid Fund: “It will help me for some days”
Shefali is 18 years old and works in a textile factory in Dhaka. With her income, she supports her family as a single earner. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, she received only 60% of her March salary. After the factory had to close for two more months in April and May, Shefali received neither job opportunities nor any wage payments. With the reduced salary, she could not cover all expenses for house rent, food, child-rearing, transport and medicine for herself and the family of six.
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While we are talking about flying shame and abstaining from meat, the climate consequences of the textile industry are almost unknown. To change this, FEMNET offers a new workshop module for schools that deals with the climate impacts of the textile industry.
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More and more and cheaper. This trend has been followed by the global apparel industry for years. Fast fashion not only leads to precarious working conditions in the producing countries, but also causes massive environmental and climate damage. The fashion industry therefore plays a significant role in the fight against climate change.
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Under the guise of the COVID-19 pandemic, basic labour rights in many states of India are to be suspended or softened in order to revive the downturn in economic output. The central unions, workers and the ILO have spoken out against this.
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