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This report highlights the key findings of a Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC) research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project was funded through an open call for proposals to examine the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on modern slavery. The project explored the impact of the pandemic on the management of modern slavery risk in Indian fashion supply chains.

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Through collaboration with partners and allies inside and outside Myanmar, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is monitoring the significant increase in labour and human rights abuses of garment workers across the country since the military takeover. This cooperation has enabled the creation of our tracker of allegations of garment worker abuse. This tracker captures over 100 cases of alleged labour and human rights abuses perpetrated against at least 60,800 garment workers, revealing widespread and systemic abuse of garment workers in international brands’ supply chains.

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Myanmar’s military illegally seized power on 1 February 2021. Since then, garment workers – mostly women – have been on the front line of the country’s Civil Disobedience Movement, risking their lives and livelihoods to demand an end to the dictatorship and restoration of democracy in Myanmar. This report describes the situation of garment workers in Myanmar who suffer from working- and human rights violations. 

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The textile, garment, leather and footwear (TCLF) sector is an important sector for the Turkish economy and society. Today, there are two huge parts of the sector: on the one hand, no-name production for the internal market and other countries in the region like, for instance, Russia. On the other hand, there is production for global brands, including those headquartered in Turkey, such as LC Waikiki. Since the 80s, the sectoral industrial strategy aimed to make Turkey one of the most important garment and shoe exporters in the world. This country profile shows data bout working conditions and wages in the Turkish garment industry.

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Can jobs in garment supply chains fulfil their development potential and not be stuck in a “race to the bottom”? If so, under what conditions, and what is Better Work’s role in helping enable these conditions? To better understand the dynamics of achieving more decent jobs in garment supply chains, Better Work and its engagement with thousands of workplaces offer an entry point for comparison with non-Better Work firms, who tend to be less connected with well-known brands and retailers. This report analyses in which way the Better Work programme has positive influences on working conditions in the factories.

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