80-90% of all sweatshop workers globally are women and girls.
"Around 90% of female readymade garment (RMG) workers face various kinds of mental torture at their workplaces, according to a recent study by Bangladesh Labour Rights Forum."
#SexNotGender https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2019/06/25/study-90-of-female-rmg-workers-are-mentally-tortured-at-workplace
"Around 90% of female readymade garment (RMG) workers face various kinds of mental torture at their workplaces, according to a recent study by Bangladesh Labour Rights Forum."
#SexNotGender https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2019/06/25/study-90-of-female-rmg-workers-are-mentally-tortured-at-workplace
"The women who collapsed worked 10 hour days, six days a week and reported feeling exhausted and hungry. Excessive heat was also an issue in three factories, with temperatures of 37C."
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege #WomensRights https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/25/female-cambodian-garment-workers-mass-fainting
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege #WomensRights https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/25/female-cambodian-garment-workers-mass-fainting
#Beyonce’s Ivy Park apparel line is still abusing factory workers in Sri Lanka. The clothing line, which preaches female empowerment, is paying women approximately 54 cents an hour. @Beyonce
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/02/04/beyonce-clothing-line-sweatshop/
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/02/04/beyonce-clothing-line-sweatshop/
"The owner of the factory, a Russian national, took the Kyrgyz women's passports so that they could not leave the place and used them as slaves."
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-women-rescued-slavery-russia-sweatshop/29111372.html
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-women-rescued-slavery-russia-sweatshop/29111372.html
"Workers, many of them women, said that they experienced verbal abuse, were pressured not to take toilet breaks, and were even denied clean drinking water."
#SweatShopesEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/01/in-pakistans-sweatshops-workers-are-fired-for-asking-for-toilet-breaks/
#SweatShopesEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.samaa.tv/news/2019/01/in-pakistans-sweatshops-workers-are-fired-for-asking-for-toilet-breaks/
Ethiopia could become a permanent pool of cheap labour; in Bangladesh, workers' wages have not greatly increased in three decades.
#SweatshopsEnslaveWomen https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ethiopian-garment-workers-are-being-paid-worlds-lowest-wages/11098232
#SweatshopsEnslaveWomen https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ethiopian-garment-workers-are-being-paid-worlds-lowest-wages/11098232
Women and girls from the most marginalised communities toiled for as little as 15 cents (11p) an hour in homes across India. Child labour and forced labour were rife and wages regularly suppressed.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/01/major-western-brands-pay-indian-garment-workers-11p-an-hour
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/01/major-western-brands-pay-indian-garment-workers-11p-an-hour
"Harassment within the factory is just as common, with workers being groped or enduring sexual comments from contract workers, supervisors or peers."
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #FemaleSlavery #CisPrivilege https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-15/myanmar-garment-workers-sexual-harassment/9643960
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #FemaleSlavery #CisPrivilege https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-15/myanmar-garment-workers-sexual-harassment/9643960
A labour rights group uncovered that women producing jeans for American brands, including Levi Strauss, Wrangler and Lee, have been raped by managers to keep their jobs.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #FemaleSlavery https://face2faceafrica.com/article/lesotho-women-making-jeans-for-levis-and-wrangler-forced-to-have-sex-with-bosses-to-keep-jobs
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #SexNotGender #FemaleSlavery https://face2faceafrica.com/article/lesotho-women-making-jeans-for-levis-and-wrangler-forced-to-have-sex-with-bosses-to-keep-jobs
Akhter’s day starts at 6 a.m. She reports for work at 8 a.m. She often has to stay in the factory till 11 p.m., usually pulling at least five hours of overtime to help bring in more money for the household.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #FemaleSlavery https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/life-of-a-garment-worker-08162019121344.html
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #FemaleSlavery https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/life-of-a-garment-worker-08162019121344.html
The global justice organisation’s survey found that 80 per cent of participants said they had experienced or witnessed sexual harassment and violence at work.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege #WomensRights https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/garment-factory-workers-bangladesh-sexual-harassment-violence-actionaid-uk-a8952416.html
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#SexNotGender #CisPrivilege #WomensRights https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/garment-factory-workers-bangladesh-sexual-harassment-violence-actionaid-uk-a8952416.html
It is not uncommon for women to starve to death on #Sweatshop wages while struggling to feed their children.
#FemaleSlavery #SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #BoycottFastFashion #SexNotGender https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/feb/25/australian-fashion-brand-workers-earning-51-cents-an-hour-oxfam-reports
#FemaleSlavery #SweatShopsEnslaveWomen #BoycottFastFashion #SexNotGender https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/feb/25/australian-fashion-brand-workers-earning-51-cents-an-hour-oxfam-reports
The garment industry exported products valued at $34.13 billion in the 2018-19 fiscal year. But the workers, some 80% women and girls, are struggling to eat.
Economies depend on #FemaleSlavery for their existence.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#WomensRights https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/garment-workers-08152019165617.html
Economies depend on #FemaleSlavery for their existence.
#SweatShopsEnslaveWomen
#WomensRights https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/garment-workers-08152019165617.html
You may hear that boycotting these brands will harm their income.
This is what the companies want you to believe. When workers organize, they are beaten by police and fired.
#BoycottFastFashion and tell the company why.
@HM @Gap @Nike @adidas @ZARA @Forever21 @LEVIS @Walmart
This is what the companies want you to believe. When workers organize, they are beaten by police and fired.
#BoycottFastFashion and tell the company why.
@HM @Gap @Nike @adidas @ZARA @Forever21 @LEVIS @Walmart
"Women can be made to dance like puppets, but men cannot be abused in the same way. The owners do not care if we ask... but demands raised by the men must be given consideration. So they do not employ male workers."
- Female Bangladeshi factory worker
- Female Bangladeshi factory worker
The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and non-profit Labour Behind the Label are using International Women’s Day on March 8 as an opportunity to raise awareness for the injustices garment workers face.
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2020 #SexNotGender https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-business/uniqlo-severance-jaba-garmindo-garment-workers-clean-clothes-campaign-198734/
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2020 #SexNotGender https://sourcingjournal.com/denim/denim-business/uniqlo-severance-jaba-garmindo-garment-workers-clean-clothes-campaign-198734/
"According to the report, a 2019 survey by the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity found many examples of violence in RMG factories... [such as] a supervisor forcing a worker to lie under a table in his office while he raped her."
#IWD2020 #RMGrights https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/garment-report-03052020171322.html
#IWD2020 #RMGrights https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/garment-report-03052020171322.html
Sweatshop workers (rebranded as "garment workers"), toil all day, but starve, sometimes to death; are responsible for entire national economies, but are sexually assaulted on the job.
Precious little outrage: 80-90% are women and girls.
#SexNotGender https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bangladesh-garment-workers-covid-19/
Precious little outrage: 80-90% are women and girls.
#SexNotGender https://www.thenation.com/article/world/bangladesh-garment-workers-covid-19/
While the pandemic is unprecedented, abusive practices by clothing brands are not. The fashion industry is built on an exploitative business model which relies on minimising production costs at the expense of [WOMEN] to maximize profit.
#SexNotGender https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/garment-workers-are-facing-a-humanitarian-crisis-but-dont-blame-covid-19/
#SexNotGender https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/garment-workers-are-facing-a-humanitarian-crisis-but-dont-blame-covid-19/
Garment workers in sweatshops across Asia are being laid off for organizing unions to demand better conditions, and employers are using #coronavirus as a cover.
80-90% of sweatshop workers are women and girls
#SexNotGender #Sweatshops @cleanclothes https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/16/asia-pacific/garment-workers-union-coronavirus/
80-90% of sweatshop workers are women and girls
#SexNotGender #Sweatshops @cleanclothes https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/16/asia-pacific/garment-workers-union-coronavirus/
Women testified that they had been raped on the factory premises. Some said they had contracted HIV from supervisors who withheld their salaries until they agreed to have unprotected sex. Those who complained were sacked.
#SexNotGender #Sweatshops https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/aug/20/fashion-industry-jeans-lesotho-garment-factory-workers-sexual-violence
#SexNotGender #Sweatshops https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/aug/20/fashion-industry-jeans-lesotho-garment-factory-workers-sexual-violence
The report found that: 4,870 unionized garment workers have been targeted for dismissal after asking for protections against Covid-19 infection; others were let go after registering a new union, and one was let go over a Facebook post.
#StopSweatshops https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethlcline/2020/08/26/apparel-factories-are-busting-unions-a-labor-expert-explains-what-brands-should-be-doing-to-stop-them/#eec2e6c64fb8
#StopSweatshops https://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethlcline/2020/08/26/apparel-factories-are-busting-unions-a-labor-expert-explains-what-brands-should-be-doing-to-stop-them/#eec2e6c64fb8
In a study conducted by the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) about the working conditions for female Bangladeshi garment workers in Jordan, all participants reported experiencing abuse.
#StopSweatshops #SexNotGender https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/29/sexual-assault-forced-labor-wage-theft-garment-workers-in-jordan-suffer-for-us-brands
#StopSweatshops #SexNotGender https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/29/sexual-assault-forced-labor-wage-theft-garment-workers-in-jordan-suffer-for-us-brands
Garment workers (the overwhelming majority women) in Bangalore this summer; Covid-19 caused cuts in factory orders.
Women in factories, for @hm and others, face abhorrent conditions, abuse, and rape, but depend on these jobs for survival.
#SexNotGender https://twitter.com/SoniaAdesara/status/1275163655768887297?s=19
Women in factories, for @hm and others, face abhorrent conditions, abuse, and rape, but depend on these jobs for survival.
#SexNotGender https://twitter.com/SoniaAdesara/status/1275163655768887297?s=19
Women in factories producing jeans for @LEVIS, @Wrangler, @childrensplace:
- systemic rape by male bosses
- some contract HIV
- yelled at and called "dogs" and "prostitutes" all day
- earn £60/month
- fired for union organizing
#SexNotGender @anniekelly https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/sep/10/women-fighting-sexual-abuse-factories-jeans-podcast
- systemic rape by male bosses
- some contract HIV
- yelled at and called "dogs" and "prostitutes" all day
- earn £60/month
- fired for union organizing
#SexNotGender @anniekelly https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/sep/10/women-fighting-sexual-abuse-factories-jeans-podcast
Romania is the largest garment producer in Europe. An estimated 400,000 workers, of which 90% are women, are making clothes for Europe’s biggest retailers — which are using Covid to slash salaries and deny pay, in spite of continued work.
#SexNotGender https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/11/14/one-romanian-garment-worker-breaks-her-silence-on-covid-19-pay-cuts
#SexNotGender https://www.euronews.com/living/2020/11/14/one-romanian-garment-worker-breaks-her-silence-on-covid-19-pay-cuts
"Women can be made to dance like puppets... The owners do not care if we ask for something, but demands raised by men must be given some consideration. So they do not employ male workers."
Female Bangladeshi factory worker
#SexNotGender @cleanclothes https://cleanclothes.org/issues/gender
Female Bangladeshi factory worker
#SexNotGender @cleanclothes https://cleanclothes.org/issues/gender
Of the 34 brands and retailers to respond, the vast majority - 29 - recorded profits since the onset of the pandemic. Of these, nine had still not committed to pay for all orders placed before the crisis while another 10 declined to answer the question. https://www.ecotextile.com/2020111226990/materials-production-news/brands-profit-as-garment-workers-struggle.html
Garments comprised 83% of Bangladesh’s total exports worth $33.67 billion.
4.1 million workers — mostly women — work long hours under punishing conditions, for very low wages.
Women's subordination is the backbone of global economic systems.
#SexNotGender https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/19/coronavirus-worsened-the-reality-for-bangladesh-garment-workers.html
4.1 million workers — mostly women — work long hours under punishing conditions, for very low wages.
Women's subordination is the backbone of global economic systems.
#SexNotGender https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/19/coronavirus-worsened-the-reality-for-bangladesh-garment-workers.html
Zar Zar Tun, a Burmese garment worker, led a strike at a factory in the city of Yangon. Within 24 hours she was an inmate at Myanmar’s notorious Insein prison for 3 months.
Her wages had supported her elderly parents as well as her two-year-old daughter. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/26/thrown-to-the-wolves-how-covid-19-laws-are-being-used-to-silence-garment-workers
Her wages had supported her elderly parents as well as her two-year-old daughter. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/26/thrown-to-the-wolves-how-covid-19-laws-are-being-used-to-silence-garment-workers