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  Executive summary: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Exec

The report specifically considers gender equality within the garment sector in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Viet Nam. (...) Download: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Executive summary (In Myanmar) pdf - 2.1 MB Over the last three decades, the garment sector in Asia has been a key entry point for women entering the formal economy, bringing with it unprecedented opportunities for advancing women’s economic empowerment. (...) This research has been produced under the Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, with financial support from the Government of Sweden (Sida).

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  Executive summary: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Exec

The report specifically considers gender equality within the garment sector in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Viet Nam. (...) Download: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Executive summary pdf - 4.8 MB Over the last three decades, the garment sector in Asia has been a key entry point for women entering the formal economy, bringing with it unprecedented opportunities for advancing women’s economic empowerment. (...) This research has been produced under the Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, with financial support from the Government of Sweden (Sida).

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  Executive summary: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Exec

The report specifically considers gender equality within the garment sector in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Viet Nam. (...) Download: Moving the Needle: Gender equality and decent work in Asia’s garment sector; Executive summary (In Khmer) pdf - 2.0 MB Over the last three decades, the garment sector in Asia has been a key entry point for women entering the formal economy, bringing with it unprecedented opportunities for advancing women’s economic empowerment. (...) This research has been produced under the Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia project, with financial support from the Government of Sweden (Sida).

Score: 1032703.3 - https://www.ilo.org/asia/publi...WCMS_815923/lang--en/index.htm

  Jordan seals commitment to implementing unified contract for migrant garment workers

“This is a huge accomplishment for Jordan, not only for the garment sector, as it can be implemented by other sectors and also outside Jordan,” said Dina Khayyat, President of the Jordan Garments, Accessories and Textiles Exporters' Association (JGATE). (...) Announced earlier this year, the contract is one of the main provisions of a sector-wide collective bargaining agreement signed in 2013 between the Jordan Garments, Accessories & Textiles Exporters’ Association, the Association of Owners of Factories, Workshops and Garments, and the General Trade Union of Workers in Textile, Garment & Clothing Industries. In 2015, a new two-year collective bargaining agreement for the garment sector was negotiated with the support of BWJ.  

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  Jordan seals commitment to implementing unified contract for migrant garment workers

“This is a huge accomplishment for Jordan, not only for the garment sector, as it can be implemented by other sectors and also outside Jordan,” said Dina Khayyat, President of the Jordan Garments, Accessories and Textiles Exporters' Association (JGATE). (...) Announced earlier this year, the contract is one of the main provisions of a sector-wide collective bargaining agreement signed in 2013 between the Jordan Garments, Accessories & Textiles Exporters’ Association, the Association of Owners of Factories, Workshops and Garments, and the General Trade Union of Workers in Textile, Garment & Clothing Industries. In 2015, a new two-year collective bargaining agreement for the garment sector was negotiated with the support of BWJ.  

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  Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia: Greener clothes? Environmental initiatives and tools in t

Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector ... Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains Asia Greener clothes? Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia The increasing social and environmental impacts of the textile and garment supply chain are well known and have resulted in the development of an array of initiatives, tools and assessment platforms to enhance the sustainability of the sector. (...) Environmental initiatives and tools in the garment sector in Asia pdf - 4.2 MB As one of the most globalized supply chains, the textile and garment sector is facing challenges in ensuring social and environmental sustainability.

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  Cambodian garment industry’s solid performance continues in the first half of 2015

Cambodian garment industry’s solid performance continues in the first half of 2015 The Cambodian garment industry’s solid performance continued in the first half of 2015, according to the ILO's new edition of Cambodian Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin. Press release | Cambodia | 03 November 2015 Phnom Penh (ILO News) – The Cambodian garment industry’s solid performance continued in the first half of 2015, according to a new edition of Cambodian Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin just released by the International Labour Office (ILO).   (...) The data shows that the sector continued to perform quite well – Cambodia’s market share of garment and footwear exports has continued to rise in recent years.

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  Technical webinar: Environmental Regulatory Systems in the Textile & Garment Sector

Technical webinar: Environmental Regulatory Systems in the Textile & Garment Sector The technical webinar will bring together experts in the field to discuss preliminary findings and emerging themes. (...) This webinar brings together experts from the Textile and Garment Research Network in Asia to discuss environmental regulatory systems and strategies to contribute to a healthy, gender sensitive, and resilient future for the garment sector in Asia. In this webinar we present a comparative analysis of environmental regulatory systems for the textile and garment sector in four countries – Viet Nam, Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

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  Research brief: The post-COVID-19 garment industry in Asia

Research brief The post-COVID-19 garment industry in Asia This Research Brief discusses the garment industry’s post-pandemic future, based on the long-term changes observed in the garment industry before the COVID-19 crisis. The Brief presents three possible scenarios for the post-pandemic garment industry, which are discussed with a focus on the actions of brands and policymakers and their downstream effects on garment manufacturing countries in Asia. Briefing note | 16 July 2021 Download: The post-COVID-19 garment industry in Asia pdf - 1.2 MB Tags: decent work, future of work, globalization, multinational enterprises, clothing and textile industries, governance Regions and countries covered: Asia Tools A A+ A++ Print Share this content in © 1996-2022 International Labour Organization (ILO) | Copyright and permissions  | Privacy policy | Fraud alert | Disclaimer   Skip to top

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  ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 2: Minimum wages in the global garm

ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 2: Minimum wages in the global garment industry: Update for 2015 Skip to main content ILO Advancing social justice, promoting decent work ILO is a specialized agency of the United Nations Countries Topics Sectors Search ilo.org Search ilo.org Menu Home About the ILO Newsroom Meetings and events Publications Research Labour standards Statistics and databases Contact Us ILO in Asia and the Pacific About us Countries covered The Decent Work Agenda Areas of work Child Labour Employment promotion Equality and discrimination Forced labour Green jobs Informal economy International labour standards Labour market governance and working conditions Labour migration Preparing the future of work in Asia-Pacific Safety and health at work Skills and employability Social security Workers and Employers Organizations Programmes and projects Research and Publications Asia-Pacific labour market insights Issue briefs Events and meetings Media centre News and articles Impact stories Statements and speeches Videos and Photos ILO Knowledge Centre ILO home Regions and countries ILO in Asia and the Pacific Research and Publications Minimum wages in the global garment industry: Update for 2015 ... ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 2 Minimum wages in the global garment industry: Update for 2015 This research note compares minimum wage levels for garment workers across major apparel-exporting middle and low income economies for 2015. (...) Type: Publication Date issued: 17 December 2015 Reference: RAS/14/03/FRG[ILO_REF] Download: Minimum wages in the global garment industry: Update for 2015 pdf - 0.5 MB While minimum wage increases have made headlines in some garment exporters such as Cambodia and Indonesia, this note shows that inflation has eroded workers' purchasing power in a number of other countries.

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