This guidance tool is designed to support companies in the garment and footwear sector to integrate child rights into their responsible sourcing programmes. It explores practical steps companies can take – individually and collectively – to ensure children are recognized as important stakeholders in their responsible sourcing efforts. The suggested steps do not foresee the creation of parallel processes.
Instead, they provide guidance on how to integrate child rights into existing sourcing policy and practice. The guidance includes metrics, which support the measurement and reporting on child rights integration and outcomes over time.
An estimated 650,000 Syrian refugees have fled their home country to escape bloodshed and have found a lifeline working in Turkey, with many working in the garment industry. Without these jobs, many families would face desperate times and would stru...Read More
This work is part of a series of Forced Labour Evidence Briefs that seek to bring academic research to bear on calls to address the root causes of the phenomenon in global supply chains and catalyse systemic change. To do so, the Briefs consolidate ...Read More
"Implementing Gender-Responsive Employment Contracts" analyses current methods used to monitor the implementation of contracts and makes recommendations to strengthen accountability against the terms of employment contracts. This article is the t...Read More
This document encompasses key trafficking indicators which should enable frontline actors to refer the victim to specialized services for formal identification; and common misconceptions about trafficking that should be avoided. The identificatio...Read More
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