Finding Hidden Homeworkers in Apparel & Footwear Supply Chains

mHRDD legislation has the potential to benefit homeworker, but without careful implementation it could cause more harm.

A gendered analysis of our work to improve transparency and piece rates for homeworkers stitching leather Footwear in South India.

Finding Hidden Homeworkers

What does due diligence for supply chains using homeworkers look like?

Are you sourcing apparel & footwear from India, Pakistan or Nepal?

Consultation with homeworkers stitching shoes for Pentland Brands in Tamil Nadu.

Overcoming barriers to women organising in leather footwear manufacture.

A scoping study of the Greater Manchester textile industry.

This report investigates how Social Accountability International (SAI) and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) dealt with complaints about labour rights abuses in the Tamil Nadu textile industry.

Pentland brands worked with us in a commitment to ensuring good employment to homeworkers.

A practical toolkit for brands

In depth research exploring the role of homeworkers in global supply chains, their poor pay and working conditions and the possibilities for change.

A brief introduction to the main findings of our Stitching Our Shoes report.

Organising garment workers in the West Midlands.

A practical and ethical guide for businesses.

This 2014 report details our research on forced and bonded labour in Tamil Nadu’s textile sector

Exploring the role of homeworkers in Tamil Nadu's leather footwear industry, outlining what action is necessary to strengthen their position and improve their working conditions.

This report documents the working conditions of homeworkers in the Tirupur garment sector, and responding to their priorities and concerns

A look at why so many workers in Tamil Nadu's textile and garment industry are subject to gender and caste discrimination and other rights abuses.