Summary Report of IDS-WIEGO Garments Workshop

In March 2004, the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex and the WIEGO Network organized a workshop which brought together researchers who had been involved in a series of country case studies that examined the impact of changes in trade regimes on employment patterns within the global garments industry. These studies focused in particular on the likely impact of the phasing out of the MFA in 2005 on women’s employment in the garment sector.