More Work Is Needed to Set International Frameworks and Standards

Woman Force Bangladesh has a long history of vibrant and vocal labour movements, especially with female-led organisations and with female organisers who have been workers in the garment industry themselves. Much of the progress in the industry can be attributed to these organisers who have made a big difference in the industry over time. Maruf Rahman / Pixabay

By Subir Ghosh

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texfash

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24 April 2023

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24 April 2023

The Rana Plaza disaster of March 2013 exposed many faultlines in the fashion ecosystem. That tectonic day threw up a whole lot of issues that were furiously debated the world over. One critical issue was the seemingly confrontational interface between business and human rights. In this freewheeling conversation, Salil Tripathi, Senior Advisor at the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and Sanchita Banerjee Saxena, IHRB Research Fellow and Director at the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, talk about the lessons for business and human rights.

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