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here are few industries that will escape unscath from the economic fallout of the global pandemic. Amongst those most severely impact will be the hundrs of millions of people who work in garment factories worldwide—the majority of which are economically vulnerable women in the “global south,” a term that refers broadly to the regions of Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
Since March 2020, Header image millions of garment
workers have already lost their jobs due to international clothing brands canceling orders, delaying payments, and stopping the placement of new orders.
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on garment workers was the focus of Business of Fashion’s presentation “From Crisis to Progress: The Future of Labour Rights in Fashion’s Supply Chain,” held during its professional summit on “How to Build a Responsible Fashion Business” present by Shopify Plus.
According to Kalpona Akter—founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity in Bangladesh—the current situation for garment workers in Dhaka is “dire.”
She said that health and safety measures to prevent the spread of the virus are not compulsory, but it’s only one part of the workers’ concerns.
Fighting their best to save
their jobs,” said Akter, in conversation with Sarah Ditty, global policy director of Fashion Revolution in London, and Sarah Kent, sustainability correspondent for find out what your customers ne the Business of Fashion (BoF).
In Bangladesh alone, it’s estimat be numbers that up to 40% of garment workers—or some 1.4 million people, the majority of which are girls or young women—are at risk of losing their jobs.