What does it take for a woman to become a Bangladeshi garment factory supervisor?

Shamima is a floor supervisor in a Bangladeshi garment factory where most supervisors are men. So what does it take for a woman like Shamima to rise up through the ranks in such a culture?

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International WORKING Women's Day

It's not just International Women's Day today - it's International Working Women's Day. Its roots are in celebrations of a strike by women workers... women workers empowering themselves.

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Four ethical trade issues forcing their way onto the 2016 public agenda

Modern slavery, trafficking, the living wage, and labour exploitation of refugees: from Syria to Thailand here’s four stories we predict will be debated this year.

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Lessons from ETI programmes - Tamil Nadu multi-stakeholder programme, southern India

ETI’s five year programme aims to catalyse positive change within the garment industry through activities that empower young women workers, strengthen industrial relations, build community awareness and support legislative reform.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace - a problem nobody talks about

On memorial day for Jyoti Singh, the 23-year-old student raped and murdered on a Delhi bus three years ago, Stirling Smith looks at sexual harassment in the workplace.

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Bringing about change for young women workers in South India’s garments sector

A recent times article highlighted the pain of women in the Indian garments industry, how is it we can change their situation for the better?

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Migrant women to work in freedom

Marking International Women's Day, how best to achieve safe migration into decent jobs for poor women?

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Training their way towards equal treatment on the Western Cape

Training workers, supervisors and managers on equal treatment improves morale, communications and productivity. ETI's Sabita Banerji reports from Stellenbosch.

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What can living wages do for women?

Why anyone who supports women's rights should support living wages - but will have to demand that they reach all the way through the supply chain.

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Sexual harassment in the workplace

The new law on sexual harassment at the workplace in India: could this be the game changer that enables ETI members and others to push for action on the discrimination provisions in the ETI Base Code?

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