Past Events – FreedomUnited.org

Tainted clothes: Human rights in the garment sector? (Day 1)

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Which human rights are at stake in the garment sector? The textile sector provides employment to millions of workers worldwide, a large majority of whom are women, and remains a labour-intensive industry. The distinction between other human rights issues and labour rights abuses was often not particularly clear-cut; indeed almost every allegation involved the workplace […]

Tainted clothes: Human rights in the garment sector? (Day 2)

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Which human rights are at stake in the garment sector? The textile sector provides employment to millions of workers worldwide, a large majority of whom are women, and remains a labour-intensive industry. The distinction between other human rights issues and labour rights abuses was often not particularly clear-cut; indeed almost every allegation involved the workplace […]