Apr 288 minSaying goodbye to the first JIF Youth BoardThe Justice in Fashion Youth Board was formed with the aim of a youth team raising awareness about injustice in the fashion industry and...
Mar 124 minA legal approach for tackling customer & consumer manipulation in the fashion industryWritten by Natasha Jacobs The omnipresence of the fashion industry within the UK is certainly undeniable, with £32.5 billion spent...
Mar 114 minA legal approach for tackling environmental exploitation in the fashion industryWritten by Natasha Jacobs The fashion industry is much like marmite, in that it is either loved or loathed. It is undoubtedly one of the...
Mar 94 minA legal approach for tackling garment worker exploitation in the fashion industryWritten by Natasha Jacobs Growing awareness of exploitation within the fashion industry has permeated mainstream media, with critics...
Feb 143 minTirupur Blog Series: A conclusionWritten by Andrew Rupp Though this blog series has focused on the fashion and textiles production in Tirupur, India, there remains much...
Feb 92 minAbandoned: Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tirupur’s Garment WorkersWritten by Megan Cousins Tirupur’s garment industry directly employs over 600,000 workers.[1] Throughout the last 18 months of the...
Jan 272 minMillions of people continue to suffer under the callous policies of corporationsWritten by Andrew Rupp For decades, there has been a growing awareness of the corporately-provoked, widespread issues afflicting...
Jan 242 minThe enormous environmental price of the knitwear industryWritten by Doushali Jogeeah Image Source New India Express Tirupur is the largest supplier for the knitwear industry both in India and...
Jan 102 minThe 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...
Dec 21, 20213 minChild labour continues to be a deep issue for TirupurThe International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNICEF recently released a report that child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide...
Dec 16, 20213 minTirupur and the influence of MNC'sTirupur, located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, continues to experience the probable outcomes resulting from multinational corporate...
Dec 9, 20212 minUnderstanding Tirupur’s Garment IndustryTirupur is a bustling centre for the Indian garment industry, producing up to half of all exports to supply major global retailers,...
Nov 30, 20212 minTirupur: An Introduction to the Exploitative Textile CityFashion has existed for millennia, yet it was not until the Industrial Revolution that it became the global economic and exploitive force...
Jul 8, 20214 minEconomic 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...
Jul 5, 20219 minCorporate Exploitation of Women and Refugees in TurkeyWritten 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...
Apr 30, 20213 minUS Customs and Border Patrol InvestigationPotential for US Import Ban against Boohoo and Leicester East Garment Manufacturing Industry BACKGROUND: Section 307 of the U.S. Tariff...
Apr 15, 20213 minSustainability In Fashion PIONEERING INNOVATION IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY Sustainability plays an integral role in the fashion industry by providing ecological and...
Feb 17, 20213 minMarks & 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...
Feb 3, 20214 minThe People Behind Our Cotton GarmentsCotton has been used for textiles since 5,000 BC, and it is still heavily present in our daily lives.
Jan 13, 20213 minThe Voices of Workers...storytelling is an engaging way of sharing ideas between individuals. But storytelling is also an intimate part of human life....