February 25, 2022

  • Time: 06:00 EST| 12:00 CET | 16:30 IST | 18:00 ICT
  • Languages: English with French and Spanish interpretation available.

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About the Webinar

Subcontracting is ubiquitous  in garment supply chains.  Almost 90% of workers in garment supply chains in India work in workshops and from their homes. These millions of invisible, mainly female supply chain workers, are excluded from labour law protections and their human rights are routinely violated.

The EU legislation and corporate due diligence presents an opportunity for transformative change across the garment industry.

Join us for a 90-minute panel that makes the case for homeworkers to be included in EU legislation and corporate due diligence. Panelists, including homeworkers and their representatives, organizers and researchers from across Asia and around the world, will present:

  • Best practices by leading brands;
  • The demands that homeworker organizations are making of EU policy makers for inclusion in the proposed EU Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Directive; and
  • A toolkit to assist brands in protecting their supply chains from human rights violations will be presented.

Panelists include:

  • Janhavi Dave: International Coordinator, HomeNet International (India)
  • Mary Viyakula: Executive Director, SAVE - Social Awareness and Voluntary Education (India)
  • Zehra Khan: General Secretary, Home-based Women Workers Federation (Pakistan)
  • Marlese von Broembsen: Law Programme Director, WIEGO
  • Lucy Brill: Director, Homeworkers Worldwide (United Kingdom)

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