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Civil society in the Textile Alliance organises a Speakers Tour on "Violence against women in the workplace" from 5-16.11.2018
Gender-based violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. According to estimates, more than 30% of all women have already experienced them. Two activists from India report on approaches to how women in the clothing industry can defend themselves and how we can support them in doing so.
The speakers
MARY VIYAKULA, 43 years, has been an employee for many years and has been managing director of SAVE (Social Awareness & Voluntary Education), an NGO in Tamil Nadu that has existed since 1993. The NGO's office is located in Tiruppur, known as the City of T-Shirts. SAVE is a partner of FEMNET and the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC). As Programme Director, she leads the Labour Resource Centre (LRC), a SAVE training programme that educates workers about their rights and provides training for trade unions. She has also conducted numerous surveys on the working conditions of women in spinning mills and factories.
DEEPIKA RAO, 33 years, worked for three years for Cividep India. The NGO in Bangalore, Karnataka investigates the working and living conditions of workers in global supply chains. Cividep uses the results of this research to advocate for better wages, safer jobs and against discrimination in factories that produce for global brand companies. Deepika holds a bachelor's degree in Marine Engineering and a master's degree in Social Entrepreneurship. In a research project, she conducted surveys on sexual harassment among migrant workers in the textile industry in Bangalore. Before joining Cividep, she worked as an engineer on an oil tanker.
More information
FEMNET FactSheet on the subject:
- Gender-based violence in the clothing industry
PDF file - FEMNET demands on fashion companies are developed on the basis of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines, the ILO MNU Declaration and the National Action Plan.
appointments
BERLIN, Monday, 5th - 7th November 2018
Symposium "Towards Living Wages in global garment and textile supply chains"
Location: NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V., Charitestraße 3, Berlin
BERLIN, Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Public panel discussion "Wages in the global textile industry"
Labour rights activists report on their fight for better wages
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location: NABU - Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V., Charitéstraße 3, 10117 Berlin, Germany stork
HALLE, Friday, 9 November 2018
Lecture at the Hochschule für Giebichenstein Kusthochschule Halle
Time: 1 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Location: Neuwerk 7, 06108 Halle, seminar room in the Bibliotek at the Design Campus
LEIPZIG, Friday, 9 November 2018
Evening event at Frauenkultur e.V. "Gender-Specific Violence in the Textile Industry in India"
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Frauenkultur e.V., Windscheidstr. 51, 04277 Leipzig
REUTLINGEN, Monday, 12 November 2018
Lecture at Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences
Time: 10:00-11:30
Location: Alteburgstraße 150, 72762 Reutlingen
AUGSBURG, Monday, 12 November 2018
Evening event with the Catholic German Women’s Federation at the Augsburg State Textile and Industry Museum ‘Where a T-shirt is made - seamstresses from India report on gender-based violence in the workplace’
Time: 6 p.m. – 7:39 p.m.
Location: Provinostraße 46, 86153 Augsburg
MUNICH, Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Lecture at the Mediadesign University in Munich
Time: 11:00 – 12:30
Location: Claudius-Keller-Straße 7, 81669 Munich, Germany
Evening event with the North-South Forum on Gender-Based Violence in the Clothing Industry
Time: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Location: A world house, Schwanthalerstr. 80 RG, 80336 Munich, Germany
MUNICH, Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Lecture at the Academy of Fashion & Design Munich
Time: 13:00 - 14:30
Location: Infantry st. 11a, House E3, Aula
HAMBURG, 15-16 November 2018
Conference: "SEWlutions for the future of the garment industry? Human rights and machinery"
periods: Thursday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., evening ‘Let’s change the Fashion System’ award ceremony
Friday 08:30 - 15:30
Location: Hamburg, Rudolf-Steiner-Haus, Mittelweg 11-12, 20148 Hamburg
BREMEN, Friday, 16 November 2018
Evening event - Speakers talk about their work against gender-based violence in the Indian textile industry
Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
place : Überseemuseum, Bahnhofsplatz 13, 28195 Bremen