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09 June 2020 Shopping aid for kindergartens published

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.

Why Fair Textiles?

The problems of the textile industry are well known: Human rights are systematically violated in the production of our clothing. Workers earn wages that are not enough to live on. You have to work overtime and work 12 to 14 hours a day to make ends meet. In many cases, their right to organise themselves as trade unions is not respected or even actively prevented.

In recent years and decades, seals, multistakeholder initiatives and fair labels have established themselves that want to do it differently: Clothing should be produced fairly, i.e. without a violation of human and labour rights.

How do I use the shopping aid?

Whether in the nursery or at home: Finding fair clothing, shoes and bedding isn't that hard. You just need to know how. This shopping aid is intended as an easy-to-understand orientation: for all those who want to practice fair shopping.

There are two easy ways to find fair clothing and textiles: First, we can look for seals. Sealed products are not only found in world shops, but increasingly also in conventional fashion and shoe shops as well as in online retail. Secondly, we can research fair manufacturing companies. These are companies that are committed to the principles of fair trade – i.e. fundamentally want to change something about global trade. Both options are presented in this shopping aid.