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Impactt Associate: Vinita Singh, featured in Indian national newspaper
Impactt was thrilled to see one of our associates, Vinita Singh, featured in the Hindustan Times, a national newspaper with circulation across India. Vinita is widely known in the ethical trade community for her innovative work with homeworkers. Under the by-line: “Making citizens aware of their rights and responsibilities is her mission”, the article gives [...]
Views from our Asia Pacific Network: Unrest in the Bangladeshi Garment Industry
This is the second article in the series of ‘viewpoints’ being issued by Impactt as part of the launch of our Asia Pacific Network. This viewpoint comes from Selima Akhtar, our associate in Bangladesh, and focuses on how severe inflation and poor wages have triggered violent unrest in the Bangladesh garment industry. Last year, Bangladesh [...]
Views from our Asia Pacific Network: Inflation and Wages in Vietnam
As part of Impactt’s launch of our Asia Pacific Network we are issuing a series of viewpoints identifying the most pressing labour standards issues in our network countries. Our first viewpoint comes from Juliet Edington our associate in Vietnam and focuses on the impacts of high inflation on workers’ livelihoods. This year the issue of wages [...]