#Against modern slavery - Active in Germany Symposium on 12 May 2016. © FEMNET Symposium for companies, trade unions, NGOs on "Working conditions in spinning mills in South India At a conference of FEMNET and the Clean Clothes Campaign on 12th May 2016, members of the Textiles Partnership - including companies, NGOs, trade unions and representatives of the BMZ - discussed the brutal exploitation of young girls by the Sumangali system. Discussions focused particularly on a new approach for a multi-stakeholder initiative presented by Indian NGOs, which aims to improve working conditions across the sector and eliminate the Camp Labour system. It culminated in our Tamil Nadu Alliance Initiative. back