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How the Central Java Agreement Is Rewriting Rules on Workplace Safety in Garment Supply Chains

How the Central Java Agreement Is Rewriting Rules on Workplace Safety in Garment Supply Chains

The Central Java Gender Justice Agreement, signed in July 2024, is drawing global attention as a rare example of enforceable labour protections in garment supply chains. Covering more than 6,000 workers in two Indonesian factories, the union-led framework establishes binding safeguards against gender-based violence while placing greater accountability obligations on international apparel brands

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Let’s Buy Some Machinery

ITMACH India

The event promises to be the largest confluence of technology, professionals and policymakers from the Indian textiles and apparel industry. It its third edition this year, ITMACH India is positioning itself itself as a must-visit platform for machinery makers desirous of meeting investors, demonstrating new innovations, and exchanging ideas with user industries. The third edition of ITMACH India will be held from December 5–8 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Coming barely six months after ITMA 2019 at...

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Gunning for Naga heads

Kaito Sema

The tragedy of the Naga political movement has been the annihilation of Nagas by Nagas themselves. Nagas have remained divided along various lines. Radicals and moderates (from killing of Theyieu Sakhrie to that of Kaito Sema) among the insurrectionists themselves. Undergrounds and overgrounds (from killing of Imkongliba Ao to that of the Kevichusa brothers). And somewhere complicating all these delicate equations and rendering all calculations awry are the perennial inter-tribe schisms. And...

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