October 2017

...As of January 2017, so much wealth was in the hands of so few people around the globe that just eight men held the same amount of riches as half of all humanity...

There is perhaps no starker example of this unfair and rigged system than the global garment industry, and the people left behind are the women who toil...making the clothes we wear...the industry has incredible power and capacity to help lift people out of poverty and change their lives.

Globally, the garment sector is among the largest employers of women workers...in Asia, women earn on average 70% to 90% of what men earn...One reason...is that women are disproportionately concentrated in the lowest paid roles and in informal work. This is also true of the garment industry...It is time for governments and companies alike to even up the scales and ensure everyone earns a living wage...