Saying goodbye to the first JIF Youth Board
The Justice in Fashion Youth Board was formed with the aim of a youth team raising awareness about injustice in the fashion industry and...
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- Mar 12
- 4 min
A legal approach for tackling customer & consumer manipulation in the fashion industry
Written by Natasha Jacobs The omnipresence of the fashion industry within the UK is certainly undeniable, with £32.5 billion spent...
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- Mar 11
- 4 min
A legal approach for tackling environmental exploitation in the fashion industry
Written by Natasha Jacobs The fashion industry is much like marmite, in that it is either loved or loathed. It is undoubtedly one of the...
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- Mar 9
- 4 min
A legal approach for tackling garment worker exploitation in the fashion industry
Written by Natasha Jacobs Growing awareness of exploitation within the fashion industry has permeated mainstream media, with critics...
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- Feb 14
- 3 min
Tirupur Blog Series: A conclusion
Written by Andrew Rupp Though this blog series has focused on the fashion and textiles production in Tirupur, India, there remains much...
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- Feb 9
- 2 min
Abandoned: Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tirupur’s Garment Workers
Written by Megan Cousins Tirupur’s garment industry directly employs over 600,000 workers.[1] Throughout the last 18 months of the...
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- Jan 27
- 2 min
Millions of people continue to suffer under the callous policies of corporations
Written by Andrew Rupp For decades, there has been a growing awareness of the corporately-provoked, widespread issues afflicting...
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- Jan 24
- 2 min
The enormous environmental price of the knitwear industry
Written by Doushali Jogeeah Image Source New India Express Tirupur is the largest supplier for the knitwear industry both in India and...
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- Jan 10
- 2 min
The Exploitation of Young Migrant Women in Tirupur
Women are disproportionately subject to violence, ranging from verbal abuse to sexual harassment, in Tirupur’s garment factories. In one...
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- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Child labour continues to be a deep issue for Tirupur
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF recently released a report that child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Tirupur and the influence of MNC's
Tirupur, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, continues to experience the probable outcomes resulting from multinational corporate...
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- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
Understanding Tirupur’s Garment Industry
Tirupur is a bustling centre for the Indian garment industry, producing up to half of all exports to supply major global retailers,...
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- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Tirupur: An Introduction to the Exploitative Textile City
Fashion has existed for millennia, yet it was not until the Industrial Revolution that it became the global economic and exploitive force...
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- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
Economic Growth – who pays the price?
Written by: Bharti Patel. “The successful exploitation of child labour was vital to Britain’s economic success in the 19th Century”. In...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 9 min
Corporate Exploitation of Women and Refugees in Turkey
Written by Andrew Rupp Background As conflict and war endure in the middle east, Turkey’s bordering Syria has led to it being a haven for...
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- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
US Customs and Border Patrol Investigation
Potential for US Import Ban against Boohoo and Leicester East Garment Manufacturing Industry BACKGROUND: Section 307 of the U.S. Tariff...
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- Apr 15, 2021
- 3 min
Sustainability In Fashion
PIONEERING INNOVATION IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY Sustainability plays an integral role in the fashion industry by providing ecological and...
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- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Marks & Spencer Report Reveals the Truth in Their Supply Chain
Marks & Spencer have recently released a report addressing issues and solutions in their supply chain. In 2018, they partnered with Oxfam...
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- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
The People Behind Our Cotton Garments
Cotton has been used for textiles since 5,000 BC, and it is still heavily present in our daily lives.
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- Jan 13, 2021
- 3 min
The Voices of Workers
...storytelling is an engaging way of sharing ideas between individuals. But storytelling is also an intimate part of human life....
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