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Posts tagged with garment workers

• Covid’s Impact on Cotton Farmers and Garment Workers

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  May 26, 2020

  • Campaigns
  • Fashion Industry
  • Social Justice
  There has rightly been a lot of media attention on the coronavirus crisis’ devastating impact on garment workers as brands […] Read More...

• AMMA’s Guide to Natural Dyes

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  May 18, 2020

  • Climate Crisis
  • Environment
  • International Development
  Over the next couple of weeks, we’re sharing news from our project partners around the world. A lot of work […] Read More...

• Call for brands to step up

  

  By Meg Lewis.

  April 28, 2020

  • Campaigns
  • Fashion Industry
  • Social Justice
  Some of the most devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are being felt by workers throughout global supply chains, including […] Read More...

• Rana Plaza: Seven Years On

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  April 23, 2020

  • Ethical Fashion
  • Fashion Industry
  • Social Justice
  Friday 24th April 2020 is the seventh anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed […] Read More...

• Help Feed Destitute Garment Workers

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  April 20, 2020

  • Fashion Industry
  • Social Justice
  TRAID has launched an urgent appeal to get food to destitute migrant garment workers in Tamil Nadu, India – one […] Read More...

• What Your Shoes are Doing to the World

  

  By Tansy Hoskins.

  March 30, 2020

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Ethical Fashion
  We are delighted to welcome author and journalist Tansy Hoskins to talk about her recently published book, ‘Foot Work, What […] Read More...

• Video. My cotton t-shirt: From field to wardrobe

  

  By Leigh Mcalea.

  March 23, 2020

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International Development
  When it comes to our clothes, cotton is the most used natural fibre in the fashion industry. We tend not […] Read More...

• The women who make our clothes

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  March 5, 2020

  • International Development
  • Social Justice
  International Women’s Day’s roots extend back to 1909 when women garment workers in the United States went on strike protesting […] Read More...

• Government rejects MPs proposals to fix fashion

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  June 20, 2019

  • Environment
  • Fashion Industry
  TRAID is concerned at the ‘business as usual’ response from the UK Government which rejected a raft of recommendations made […] Read More...

• Building Hope

  

  By Amit Arulanantham.

  August 31, 2018

  • International Development
  Amit Arulanantham, Programme Manager at ChildHope UK reflects on five years of funding for a project building hope for garment […] Read More...

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