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Child Labour

Child Labour / India Code

26 March 2025

6 minutes

This ‘Code of Conduct for Prevention of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Indian Textile Industry’ is a collective commitment by nine key trade organisations to uphold ethical standards and safeguard worker rights by ensuring:

9 Indian Associations Issue Code of Conduct for Child Labour in Textile and Apparel Industry

Nine key trade bodies in India have collaboratively come up with a code of conduct that prohibits and prevents child labour in the textile sector, stressing on ethical sourcing, transparency, and accountability, enhancing brand reputation and contributing to the elimination of exploitative labour practices.

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Modern Slavery / Bangladesh Study

7 February 2025

3 minutes

Around four million Bangladeshis are employed in the RMG industry, the majority of whom are women and girls. Within this critical sector of the Bangladeshi economy and of global markets, exploitation of vulnerable workers remains pervasive.

New Report Reveals Worker Exploitation Rife in Hidden, Subcontracted Tiers of Bangladesh's RMG Industry

As Bangladesh grapples with overlapping political, economic, and labour market challenges, a new research on the country’s readymade garment sector has unearthed presence of child labour, including under illegal terms of work and in hazardous conditions, abuse of vulnerability of individuals living below the poverty line, abusive working conditions, among other things.