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📢 Side Event at the OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
🗓 Date & Time: 14 February 2025, 12:30–14:00 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) – Register now: https://lnkd.in/d6m272PU

Why Attend?

✅ If you source textiles or leather from South Asia this session is essential to end forced, bonded and child labour and exploitation in your supply chains
✅ You will hear from speakers from the affected communities with invaluable insight into the problems and how to start solving them
✅ This session will help you comply with the EU CSDDD and Forced Labour Regulation, UK Modern Slavery Act and US Forced Labor Act

Speakers:

🗣️ Bhagwani Bai Rathore, Pakistan Dalit Solidary Network (PDSN) speaking on child and bonded labour in garment and leather supply chains in Pakistan.

🗣️ Jeeva M, Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) and garment worker, speaking about exploitation of women garment workers and giving a case example of how to work on lasting solutions with brands and suppliers.

🗣️ R. Karuppusamy, Rights Education and Development Centre (READ), providing guidance on how to address caste and gender-based violence and exploitation in garment factories in South India.

🗣️ Peter Williams, Homeworkers Worldwide, focusing on homeworkers working on garments and leather goods in South Asia and offering strategies on how to identify and mitigate exploitation and human rights abuses.

🗣️ Martje Theuws, Advocating Rights in South Asia (ARISA), sharing insights and findings from research on caste-based discrimination in textiles, leather and garment supply chains and cottonseed production in South Asia.

🎤 Moderated by: Meena Varma, International Dalit Solidarity Network

This session is organized by International Dalit Solidarity Network, Arisa and Homeworkers Worldwide and is a must-attend for brands, suppliers, policymakers and human rights advocates committed to ethical and responsible sourcing.

🔗 Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/d6m272PU