| Global Dimension
Ethical fashion - fashion that takes into consideration the people who make the clothes we wear, as well as the environment they are made in, including working hours, trade union and sustainable wages.
Labour Behind the Label (LBL) is a non profit organisation campaigning for workers' rights in the clothing industry. They support garment workers around the world to improve working conditions. LBL raises awareness directly to consumers and lobbies multinational companies.
The issues this campaign covers include child labour, Trade Union recognition, health and safety conditions and wages. When children work, they cannot go to school. Bonded labour, when a worker is indebted to their employer such that they are working to pay off their debt, is a type of modern slavery. As consumers, we are contributing to the poverty of women and families through buying goods that are manufactured in appalling conditions. The textile industry exploits children and women, and to maintain cheap products for us, forgoes the expense of ensuring the environment is protected.
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Millennium Development Goals:
· Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
· Achieve universal primary education
· Promote gender equality and empower women
· Ensure environmental sustainability
· Develop a global partnership for development
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Fashion Bliss
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or fashion crime
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You decide!
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