A Sustainable Life: Why secondhand markets and apps are not a solution to clothing waste
TRIONA FITTON and ALIDA PAYSON, in an article first published on The Conversation, outline what their research has found…
One killed in Bangladesh as garment workers clash with police over pay – police
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters One woman was killed as police in Bangladesh used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing protesters as a demonstration by garment workers for more pay turned violent on Wednesday. The latest death was the third since protests erupted in the past week. On Tuesday, the government said that the minimum wage would […]
Essay: 10 years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery
MUHAMMAD AZIZUL ISLAM, of the University of Aberdeen, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at what progress has been made since the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013…
Analysis – “Sitting above a bomb”: Bangladesh’s missed fire-safety lessons
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A deadly fire at a container depot in Bangladesh has laid bare the dangers still facing millions of the country’s workers a decade after a series of tragedies in the export-focussed garment industry spurred a safety revolution. Intense scrutiny of Bangladesh and the major international clothing retailers that rely on it for supplies […]
“How is there no money?”: Tunisian garment workers fight for unpaid wages in pandemic’s shadow
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on widespread labour abuses in Tunisia’s garment industry…
Essay: When your clothes come from tragedy, and how remembering Rana Plaza can change that
In an article marking the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, BONNIE GRAHAM, ethical fashion coordinator at Baptist World Aid Australia, calls for your help in ending forced labour in the cotton industry…
Climate action in fashion, as big clothing brands back Bangladesh recycling scheme
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Major fashion brands, including H&M, M&S and C&A, are getting behind an initiative in Bangladesh that aims to use more recycled materials in clothing production and significantly cut planet-heating emissions from manufacturing by 2030. The Circular Fashion Partnership, announced this week, brings together more than 30 international brands, Bangladeshi recycling firms […]
Will Cambodia’s garment sector rebound after ‘horror year’?
Kandal Province, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Lon Vanna has been working around the clock for months but she doesn’t sew clothes anymore – she guards the machines in the abandoned garment factory in Cambodia where she once worked. Vanna believes the sewing machines are her only hope for saving her home and land, which she put […]
EU €113 million in COVID-19 aid for Bangladeshi garment workers
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation EU countries will contribute more €100 million to a Bangladeshi welfare program to aid thousands of garment workers hit by job losses and pay cuts during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Thursday. The EU is the biggest market for clothing made in Bangladesh, which saw billions of dollars in orders […]
Garment workers on front line of Sri Lanka coronavirus outbreak
Colombo, Sri LankaThomson Reuters Foundation When women at a Sri Lankan garment factory started to develop coughs and fevers, few took it seriously – the South Asian island had few cases of the coronavirus and the onset of the rainy season meant colds were to be expected. Staff who fell ill saw the company doctor, […]