December 10, 2018

The hidden human cost of fast fashion

As garment workers toil under exploitative working conditions, FEMNET works toward greater transparency in the fashion industry. Ahead of the German Sustainability Award, the NGO's (...)

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September 28, 2017

Uzbekistan: Cotton Slave Labor Out, Human Rights Ombudsman In?

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September 3, 2018

US urged to tread carefully on Uzbek cotton

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August 29, 2018

Azerbaijan: white gold, black labour

After the global decline in oil prices, Azerbaijan is trying to differentiate its economy betting on cotton industry. In Soviet times the “white gold” was (...)

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December 24, 2019

Australia's Cotton On probing ties with Chinese firm in forced labor controversy

(Reuters) - Australian clothing retailer Cotton On Group is investigating its relationship with a Chinese printing firm suspected of using forced prison labor and which (...)

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October 24, 2019

Amazon Sells Clothing From Bangladeshi Factories Blacklisted for Safety Issues

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October 2, 2018

Nike, Gap, H&M sign Turkmen cotton pledge

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March 28, 2019

U.S. Lifts Uzbek Cotton Ban, Saying Forced Child Labor 'Significantly Reduced'

The United States has removed Uzbek cotton from a list of products that are barred from the country of concerns about child labor. Uzbekistan's Foreign (...)

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November 26, 2018

Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry

Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rights groups on Friday disputed findings by the United Nations showing Uzbekistan has nearly eliminated forced labor from (...)

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September 1, 2019

China’s Uyghur Camps Put Global Brands’ Supply Chains at Risk

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