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May 24 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
💸 Low wages..
🖐️ Relentless abuse..
⭕️ Even death.

The true price of fast fashion has devastated the lives of millions of garment workers.

Could new commitments from big brands provide a blueprint for addressing gender-based violence in supply chains?🧵
theguardian.com/global-develop…
🚺 Promises by companies to root out violence against garment workers are a step in the right direction..

👣 But there's much further to go.

On #IWD22, we took a look at the steps companies need to take to support women – in boardrooms and factories. ⬇️
twitter.com/i/events/15019…
⭕️ Business models still favour short-term profit and often have poor regulations, claim @BHRRC and @asia_floorwage.

♀️ This allows conditions for systemic violence to flourish.
business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/bri…
⭕️ What needs to be done?

▶️ Enforcing agreements to end supply chain violence
▶️ Rolling out mandatory human rights due diligence
▶️ Legally holding brands to account for abuses

trust.org/inclusive-econ…

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⭕️ Did you know a journalist is now killed every 5 days?

✏️ That means around 73 people a year lose their lives while fighting to tell important stories.

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This is up from 99 years in 2020, as COVID-19 and other crises set global progress back.

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