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Gender equality and growth

Weaving Gender: Challenges and opportunities for the Myanmar garment industry

Weaving Gender: Challenges and Opportunities for the Myanmar Garment Industry provides detailed information on the results of a gender-equality assessment (GEA) carried out in 16 Yangon-based factories in Myanmar’s garment sector.

Cooperatives and the World of Work Series No. 11

Cooperatives and the ready-made garment supply chain

Although the contribution of cooperatives in the garment sector has not been quantified, cooperatives of all sizes operate along the garment supply chain including in agriculture, textile and apparel production, retail and supporting functions. Most...

ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 9

Cambodia Garment and Footwear Sector Bulletin, Issue 8, December 2018

This publication assesses the living standards and social, economic, and demographic profile of garment and footwear sector workers in Cambodia, drawing upon data collected from almost 4,000 households during the 2016 Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey...

Piece rate pay and working conditions in the export garment sector

Rana Plaza

Sustainability Compact for the Bangladesh RMG Industry

ILO Asia-Pacific Garment and Footwear Sector Research Note Issue 9

Gender pay gaps in the garment, textile and footwear sector in developing Asia

This Research Note provides recent estimates of gender pay gaps in the Garment, Textiles and Footwear (GTF) sector in nine countries in Asia, and assesses the extent to which the observed gaps may be attributed to differences in individual...

Guidelines for the implementation of employment contracts in the export-orientated garment sector

A guideline for the implementation of employment contracts is required so that a balance is found between the need to protect workers and the competitiveness of the garment sector.

A Review of Industrial Relations in the Garment Sector in Gurugram

Industrial relations shed light on the development challenges of specific occupational sectors and the locations in which they are documented. The peaceful resolution of labour disputes underpins decent work and sustainable development, and tension...

Myanmar Safe Work for Youth - Training Kit: Tips for owners and managers of garment factories with young workers in Myanmar

Fact sheet

RMG Working Conditions Programme Phase II (English)

Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Cotton Supply Chain (Project fact sheet)

The project aims to foster a partnership approach among the partners on promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) for a sustainable cotton supply chain in Pakistan.

Remediation Kit

Remediation of ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh

This document is part of a RCC remediation kit

Remediation Kit

Assessment and Remediation Process

This document is part of a RCC remediation kit

Remediation Kit

Preliminary Assessment Stage

This document is part of a remediation kit for the garments sector in Bangladesh.

Remediation Kit

Detailed Assessment Stage

This document is part of a RCC remediation kit

Remediation Kit

Factory Remediation Stage

This document is part of a RCC remediation kit

Remediation Kit

Access to remediation finance: key to industrial safety

This document is part of the remediation coordination cell (RCC) kit

Fact Sheet

RCC - Remediation Coordination Cell

Remediation Coordination Cell for Bangladesh ready-made garment industry

Remediation kit

Remediation coordination cell for garment factories

Market System Analysis - Rwanda

Weaving better working conditions into Rwanda's garment industry