Together we can make it – Behaviour change campaign succeeds in Cambodia
During the height of the pandemic in early 2021, the Cambodian government and collaborative NGOs introduced several COVID-19 awareness campaigns,...
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Women take on Leadership in Safety, Despite Hurdles
Factory worker Siti Indah Anggraini vividly recalls the day her friend accidentally cut herself as she was cutting fabrics with...
Report shows rebound of Jordan’s garment sector amid ongoing labour concerns
AMMAN, Jordan, 19 April 2022 – Better Work Jordan’s 2022 annual report showed improving business conditions in the sector and...
Better Work Madagascar launches first training for workers and managers
Better Work Madagascar has launched a series of training interventions for garment factories in the Antananarivo and Antsirabe regions.
How workers and managers in Nicaragua are experiencing sexual harassment prevention training
The course was rigorous —eight sessions, eight hours each—but the participants were eager to grasp the new concepts.
Key garment industry actors meet in Vietnam to take COVID-19 recovery action
Key stakeholders in Vietnam’s garment industry met to come to common solutions for the considerable impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the country’s workforce.
Women taking the lead in a ‘man’s world’
What does gender equality in the workplace mean? Not just for women, but for men?
Women take on a greater role in the union, despite challenges
Sri Tentrem smiled broadly as she shared her story about her experience working in labour unions. She wore a sky-blue vest emblazoned with a bold “SPN,” the abbreviation for her union, on the left side, accompanied by a red-and-white Indonesian flag on the right.
Indonesian Garment Factory Staff Make Personal Mission to Encourage Vaccination of Fellow Workers
When COVID-19 vaccines were first available in early 2021 in Indonesia, Human Resource Supervisor Eltruidis Widyarsanti had to scramble to secure vaccines for the hundreds of employees at the garment factory she oversaw in Semarang, Central Java.
Better Work partners with Sri Lankan garment industry stakeholders
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 25 February 2022 — The ILO and IFC’s Better Work programme is launching an ambitious industry-level intervention...
