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Introducing the Factory Improvement Toolset to partners in Cambodia
On December 17th, the ILO ran a virtual workshop to introduce the Factory Improvement Toolset (FIT) to the Cambodian Garment Training Institute (CGTI). This is the first of a series of activities to make FIT services available to garment factories...
Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific
Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector
A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.
COVID-19 impacts on women garment workers
The impact of COVID-19 on women in the garment industry has worsened due to underlying challenges including discrimination and harassment, underrepresentation of women’s voice, wage gaps as well as unevenly shared unpaid care and family obligations...
Create more and better jobs
ILO Peer Learning Hub for Enterprises in Asia Pacific launched
With enterprises hard hit by COVID-19 and in-person business trainings halted, the ILO Peer Learning Hub for Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific makes training programmes and enterprise support accessible to all.
Brief
Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on the garment sector
This brief, co-authored by the ILO and Better Work, aims to raise awareness of the gendered reality of COVID-19 and to outline some of the ways in which the pandemic impacts women and men workers in the garment sector in the short, medium and long...
Garment sector supply chains in Asia
Online Seminar: How is COVID 19 changing the digital landscape for the textile and garment industry
On 27 October 2020, the ILO’s Decent Work in Garment Supply Chains in Asia, together with the GIZ Fabric Programme, held a webinar to explore how digital tools are reshaping sustainability in the garment and textiles sector. This issue has gained...
Supporting factories in Bangladesh to manage the impact of COVID-19
Asian dialogues on sustainability
Asian dialogues on sustainability - COVID-19 and beyond: "How can social dialogue help us get through the crisis together?"
On 26 August 2020, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and GIZ development agency brought together industry's leaders and experts to talk about how social dialogue can impact and improve COVID-19 crisis recovery for the garment sector supply...
Expert roundtables explores how COVID-19 might reshape garment production in Asia
The ILO hosted two roundtable discussions with leaders from across the garment industry, to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect production in the sector.
Reducing costs
This guide helps factory managers reduce costs to ease financial liquidity and cashflow pressures on their factory operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic' series.
Finding alternative sources of income
This guide helps factory managers identify new revenue streams to ensure that the factory can survive the COVID-19 pandemic and become more resilient over time. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic' series.
Covid-19 resilience
Organizing the factory for safer and more efficient operations
This guide aims to assist factory managers re-organize their factories in order to provide better safety measures and improve their operational efficiency during and after the COVID-19 outbreak. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and...
Going online: Establishing an online presence
This guide helps factory managers establish an online presence in order to promote their factory and to facilitate communication with buyers. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic' series.
Communicating with your workers
This guide helps factory managers establish and maintain good internal communications for a more responsive and productive factory environment during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the...
Managing your cash flow
This guide helps factory managers keep track of their cash flow to better navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the COVID-19 pandemic' series.
Attachment: Factory cash flow template
This cash flow template helps factory managers get a better overview of their financial situation so that they can make informed decisions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. It is part of the 'Building resilience during and after the COVID-19...
Introduction to guides for garment factories to build resilience during and after COVID-19
The ILO provides a series of six action-oriented guides for garment factories in Asia to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and to build business resilience. This fact sheet provides an introduction to the series.
COVID-19 business resilience guides for garment factories in Asia
The Asian garment industry is facing severe impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Responding to the urgent needs of the garment industry, the ILO has developed a series of six action-oriented guides for garment factories in Asia to navigate the...
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. The webinar is a consultation dialogue with the taskforce members of the Textile Eco-innovation Research Network (TERN) of the Decent...
Decent Work in the Garment Sector Supply Chains in Asia
Recommendations for Asia garment factories on how to address the COVID-19 pandemic
This thematic brief sheds light on how the COVID-19 outbreak has affected Asian garment factories, while outlining key recommendations to overcome the crisis.