Nachrichten - Wer passt auf? Wer passt auf? Mütter und Kinder in Fabriken 02 April 2015 New cooperation project with Cividep in India, Bangalore: Education and care for children of textile factory workers Textile workers in India. Photo © CIVIDEPWith Cividep in Bangalore, South India, FEMNET has started a new project. It is supported as a small project by the BMZ and runs throughout 2015. It is a commitment to the creation of crèches in textile factories in Bangalore, which are required by law but not implemented. Seamstresses often do not know where to leave their toddlers and if there is care, she is so bad that the women do not want to entrust their children to the factory. The aim of the project is to ensure early childhood quality care facilities for approximately 160 children of textile workers under the age of six in four factories or in their environment in Bangalore. By way of example, a childcare model is being developed in accordance with the provisions of national labour law and UNICEF standards. Multipliers of trade unions are empowered by training to demand this right to childcare from manufacturers. International brand manufacturers are informed of their precautionary obligation by means of a needs analysis (baseline study) on the situation of childcare and the impact on working mothers at their suppliers. ensure that their manufacturers in Bangalore establish early childhood education and care facilities in the factories or in the immediate vicinity in accordance with legal requirements. With approximately 1,200 apparel factories, Bangalore is now one of the centers for the apparel industry in India. Childcare facilities in factories, although required by law, are inadequate in terms of quality and capacity. Trade unions are not sufficiently committed to setting up care facilities, as they lack the appropriate skills, and there is almost no factory union for textile workers in Bangalore. The four factories involved in the project exemplify the problems of the textile industry in Bangalore: very high production rates, no living wages, discrimination and sexual harassment of the workers. There is no early childhood care facility for the children of the workers and no employee representation in any of the factories. The lack of care facilities for children under the age of 6 poses great difficulties for working mothers and places an additional great burden on them. The local project promoter Cividep is a non-profit NGO registered in 2000. Cividep educates workers about their rights and conducts studies on working conditions in the electronics, textile and leather industries. Cividep conducts educational and advocacy activities, research projects and campaigns to ensure corporate responsibility and supports workers in enforcing their labour rights. Cividep has been supported by Oxfam UK for over ten years. Since 2012, the organization has been funded by project funds and currently has seven employees. As a first step, the needs analysis is currently being prepared and will be published by FEMNET here soon. Link to cividep: http://cividep.org/ Category: Wer passt auf? Mütter und Kinder in Fabriken
