Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector

A chain is as strong as its weakest link: why brands should recognize and support homeworkers

Feb 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Side Sessions

Description

by Homeworkers Worldwide and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) Scope is a critical issue for the proposed EU mandatory human rights due diligence Directive and national legislation. Through a short animated video, a Q and A with homeworker leaders and presentations by WIEGO and HomeWorkers Worldwide, this session makes a normative and business case for why homeworkers should be included in EU legislation and introduces a toolkit developed under the EU co-funded Hidden Homeworkers Project for brands to protect homeworkers in their supply chains. Please register to attend this session.