The website is part of the project ‘Multi-Actor Partnership for Improved Due Diligence Implementation in the Textile Sector via Worker and Community-based Monitoring’ – a joint project of the German organisations FEMNET, HEJSupport, INKOTA-netzwerk and SÜDWIND with Bangladeshi partners Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILLS) and Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO). Other project partners are the WageIndicator Foundation, Mondiaal FNV and the Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF).

How we remind companies of their due diligence obligations

On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh, collapsed. More than 1,100 people died and more than 2,500 were injured. For the first time, the world looked at the devastating conditions in the global fashion industry, but only for a moment. The grievances persist. How we make them visible and encourage companies to act.

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Bangladesh in transition: Impressions of a trip in November 2024

In November 2024, FEMNET staff travelled to Bangladesh to visit partner organisations and understand the situation on the ground. The political and social tensions in the country have left visible traces, but there are also first signs of hope and change.

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