Local coalitions – platforms of interested parties – are a key mechanism in finding solutions to local problems.And Turkey’s footwear and garment sector is a case in point.
This statement has been revised following the release of the trade unionists arrested following worker unrest in Dhaka’s Ashulia industrial area in December 2016 and the more recent arrests in Chittagong.
In Undercover: Britain's Cheap Clothes, Chanel 4's flagship current affairs programme Dispatches, examines wages and working conditions in Leicester's apparel and textiles factories.
ETI member, Gap Inc. has published the names of the first tier factories from which it sources its garments, and is looking to update its list every six months.
Is it time to take the global garment sector a step further by supporting the integration of women-led SMEs (small and medium size enterprises) into the mainstream?