Global Supply Chains/Global Trade

Why African Craft Makers Should Understand Supply Chains Better

African home-based workers are at the bottom of craft supply chains. Through an increased understanding of those supply chains they could...

Craft Supply Chains in Africa: Consolidating Our Findings

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The Journey Towards Recognition and Rights for Home-Based Workers in Pakistan

Home-based workers in Pakistan’s Sindh province achieved a historic victory with legislation that gives approximately 5 million home-based...

Reshmaben Bashirkhan Pathan, a home-based worker organizer in Ahmedabad, India

Reshmaben is an organizer with the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). She learnt tailoring from her mother when she was 14. Now, at...

It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center

Excerpt from the opinion piece, It’s Time for a New Progressive Era, With Informal Workers at the Center by Darren Walker (president...

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector: Its Application to Homeworkers

In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These principles are important...

Informal Workers, Social Audits and Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains

In December 2020, the EU Council requested the EU Commission to draft a legal framework that would make it mandatory for all companies established...

Identifying and addressing risks of informal work in textile supply chains

• November 25, 2020
• Online
  Germany

Marlese von Broembsen, director of WIEGO’s law programme, presented at the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles virtual event focusing...

Global Supply Chains in Times of COVID-19 – Global Labour University MOOC

• September 25, 2020
• Online

In August 2020, The Global Labour University launched a free self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Global Supply Chains in Times...

Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit (high-res)

The Working in Garment Supply Chains: A Homeworker’s Toolkit was developed in response to a demand by HNSA’s membership. It aims to offer...