ETI conducted a gender analysis as part of its ongoing focus on gender equality within workplaces and global supply chains, women workers' rights and the issues they face at work.
While all the evidence shows that sexual harassment is a huge problem faced by women in garment factories in Bangladesh and India, it somehow does not appear in corrective action plans in audits.
Women workers in highly feminised labour sectors are subject to specific workplace risks, discrimination and gender related abuse and violence. This, ETI member FLEX argues, presents challenges around reach, trust and detection.
We brought together 10 brands and the University of Manchester to analyse progress being made in ensuring greater gender equality in international supply chains.
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?
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