Digital writing workshop for students +++ Save The Date +++ Do you like to write or do you want to creatively put your thoughts on the topic of clothing on paper? Whether advanced or newcomer: Join our digital writing workshop! Details Published: 07 July 2022 Read more …
© FEMNET YOU are shaping the future of the apparel industry... ...Action workshop on the Supply Chain Act. In the ballroom, the community tent of the Fairquer initiative and the student council of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, found the supporting program of the Recruiting Messe MG is attracting instead. On 20 May 2022, FEMNET was able to design a workshop for the students, which included not only an input on the content of the supply chain, but also an action workshop to develop their own options for action. Details Published: 30 May 2022 Read more …
© FEMNET "Supply Chain Act" and "From Knowledge to Action" - FEMNET Speaker Training In small steps back into classroom teaching - the annual training for the FEMNET speakers took place in hybrid format this year. In a two-day event, new educational approaches were taught. Details Published: 05 May 2022 Read more …
© FEMNET "Sweeping instead of buying" - the clothes exchange campaign of Greenpeace Bonn, ZeSaBo, Amnesty International Bonn and FEMNET In blue skies and sunshine, the exchange tables were moved to the courtyard of ZeSaBo on 23 April 2022: Volunteers from the Bonn local groups of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, in cooperation with FEMNET, invited to the second change of clothes at ZeSaBo. The action attracted many people who brought well-preserved, no longer beloved clothes and found new favorite parts between the clothes racks and jeans stacks. Details Published: 30 April 2022 Read more …
Student project – Accompanying publication of the conference “It’s time to act – Acting for a socially fair fashion industry” In the Department of Textile and Clothing Technology at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, the interdisciplinary 5. Semester project an integral part of teaching. In the winter semester 2021/22, the students were commissioned to design an accompanying publication to the student conference ‘It’s time to act – Acting for a socially fair fashion industry’. Details Published: 24 January 2022 Read more …
© Anna Döking From glass customer to glass supply chain: Thematic series on transparency in trade successfully concluded The longer and more complex the supply chain, the higher the risk of maladministration and infringement. A prime example of this are textiles: According to the Global Slavery Index, garments are among the imported products with the second highest risk of human rights violations within global supply chains. Until a T-shirt hangs in the stores, it travels up to 20,000 kilometers; 100 steps alone are necessary for production. As part of a cooperation project, FEMNET worked on these topics in four different series of events in 2021. Details Published: 24 January 2022 Read more …
Digital student conference gives decision-makers of tomorrow comprehensive insight into the complex challenges of the global fashion industry The impact of the coronavirus crisis on supply chains, the legal or voluntary impact on human and labour rights, corporate responsibility and, last but not least, the question of an economy for the future – these thematic lines provided the framework for this year’s FEMNET student conference. The future leaders of an industry that is in deep crisis and facing fundamental changes were given a comprehensive insight into the complex challenges of the global fashion and textile industry on two conference days. In total, more than 120 people attended the conference. In addition to 70 ‘regular’ participants and speakers, representatives of student initiatives, associations and organisations also participated in the conference. Details Published: 15 November 2021 Read more …
‘Made in...’ – Film screenings in cooperation with Einlichtd x Fair Fashion and Fairquer Since spring, an active group of students from Berlin and Mönchengladbach have met regularly in the digital space. From the cooperation between Luminous x Fair Fashion, Fairquer FEMNET is a film series about human rights and fashion. Details Published: 29 October 2021 Read more …
"Meeting instead of buying" - the clothes exchange campaign of Greenpeace Bonn, ZeSaBo and FEMNET When the weather was nice, volunteers from Greenpeace Bonn opened the exchange tables in the courtyard of the Central Collection Camp Bonn (ZeSaBo). The action attracted many people who found new old treasures between coat racks and sweater stacks. Details Published: 28 September 2021 Read more …
‘It’s time to act’: Register now for FEMNET - Conference 2021 Whether corporate responsibility, new technologies or slow fashion - this year's FEMNET conference for students will also address current and critical topics in the international apparel industry. Details Published: 23 September 2021 Read more …
