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After Rana Plaza, I help prevent other tragedies from happening

Ten years ago, Mohamed Abdur Rob was part of a team of firefighters who rescued garment workers trapped in the rubble of Rana Plaza after the building collapsed. Over 1100 people died. His experience motivated him to become a fire safety officer in...

Better Work Jordan joins in effort to enhance disability inclusion in garment sector

To promote equal opportunities for all workers, trainings sessions focused on enhancing the knowledge of targeted stakeholders on the rights and responsibilities of persons with disabilities and their employers in the workplace.

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The Rana Plaza disaster ten years on: What has changed?

Today, the garment industry is safer and the capacity of the Bangladeshi Government to oversee compliance is much stronger. But what challenges remain?

New ILO programme visits factory to understand best practices in the apparel sector

ILO team accompany Swiss delegation for a factory visit in Ghana with a sustainable and ethical business model at its core

How to achieve gender equality in global garment supply chains

Global supply chains are a key entry point for women to enter the formal workforce, but serious decent work deficits remain prevalent, including discrimination, violence and harassment.

Special Advisor to Japan’s Prime Minister visits garment factory in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Business and Human Rights Week Landmark dialogue held to chart roadmap for responsible business conduct

Stakeholders highlighted the importance of removing barriers to responsible business as a vehicle for advancing sustainable development in Bangladesh

Women leadership

Women leaders at garment sector improve their leadership skills for better productivity

Hundreds of women leaders in garment sector have improved their leadership skills through the Supervisory Skills Training organized by Better Work Indonesia, a partnership programme of the ILO and International Finance Cooperation (IFC). The...

The ILO Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work project validates Sector Systems Analysis (SSA) report and interventions for implementation

The ILO Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work project gears up to support micro-, meso- and macro-level interventions in the Ghanaian textiles and garments value chain to promote productivity and decent work

Indonesia Business Forum 2022 showcases a decade of progress and challenges in Indonesia’s garment industry

Better Work Indonesia, a joint programme of ILO and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), highlights a collective effort undertaken by Indonesian garment industry to gain a significant improvement in compliance of labour laws and standards.

Skills development

Forecasting and developing skills to advance decent work and productivity in Viet Nam’s textiles and garment sector

Advancing decent work and productivity in the textile and garment sector was the prominent call at a stakeholders’ consultation workshop, co-organized by ILO Viet Nam and the Directorate for Vocational Education under Viet Nam’s Ministry of Labour,...

Capacity building

ILO and China held an international summit in Humen to promote green jobs and just transition in textile and garment sector

Under UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) in China, ILO has been partnering with China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) to promote green jobs and a just transition in the textile and garment sector in China.

Another significant step towards implementing C190: Oz-Iplik-Is Union signs “Zero Tolerance for Violence” policy paper

ILO launches a new report on decent work for a fair, resilient, and sustainable textile and clothing supply chain in Madagascar

A new report, launched in November 2022 in presence of ILO tripartite constituents and other key stakeholders of the sustainable textile and clothing supply chain in Madagascar, offers insight into the opportunities and challenges faced by the...

14th Annual Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum examines ways to advance decent work and sustainable growth in Jordan’s garment sector

ILO facilitates just transition dialogues for energy and textile and garment industries in Indonesia

The ILO Office for Indonesia supports dialogues among relevant stakeholders in Indonesia to create just transition for two sectors: energy and textile & garment.

EU4Business

Local will never go out of style: ILO supports the textile industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina to offset the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The European Union-funded ILO project EU4Business Recovery provides financial and technical assistance to 29 textile companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina supporting women entrepreneurs, young people and other vulnerable workers. With this support,...

New Lean training programme in Pakistan tailored to medium and large enterprises

Under the ILO’s International Labour and Environmental Standards Application in Pakistan’s SMEs (ILES) project funded by the European Union, the ILO office for Pakistan is launching a customised version of the SCORE Programme in Pakistan called the...

Better Work Jordan: PAC meeting examines preliminary studies seeking to promote decent work in garment sector

Better Work Jordan, partners examine working conditions at non-garment factories

Programme assessment report: Significant non-compliance issues, particularly in occupational safety and health systems