The rise of independent trade unions is fostering a more stable environment for job creation and offering Egyptian youth a channel for voicing their demands.
The key to reform in the apparel industry lies in enabling young, first- time workers to stand up for their rights. As the vast majority of apparel sector workers are young women, better collaboration between women’s rights organizations and trade unions is an imperative.
Date: October 3, 2014 | 11 am to 1 pm.
Venue: W19 Room S3, WTO Headquarters, Geneva. Switzerland
Working Session on harnessing trade preference programs to stimulate broad-based prosperity in Africa
Declining wages and persistent poverty for garment workers in a majority of the world’s leading apparel-exporting countries raises doubt that export-led development strategies create a rising tide that lifts all boats.
Sabina Dewan details why state-owned enterprises need to operate just like any other business in this proposed free trade region and suggests ways to make that happen.
