Plantation workers of the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu form the backbone of India’s world-famous export-oriented tea industry. We reflect on how they still endure low minimum wage standards, bad housing, and healthcare facilities, roadblocks to effective unionization, double vulnerability as migrants, and overall lack of access to a decent quality of life.
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The Fair Finance India report 2019, co-authored by Cividep, finds mention in this feature by Deccan Herald. This report assesses the policies and practices of eight top Indian banks, and analyses snd rates their performance against various environmental, social, and governance standards. This is sought to encourage Indian banks to set in place transformational policies that will pave the way for sustainable, responsible, and fair finance.
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Cividep India reflects on the indelible work of the late Jane Tate, a founding member of Home Workers Worldwide (HWW), for advancing the cause of home-workers all over the world, and the past opportunities we’ve had in working and learning from her.
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Cividep’s Gopinath Parakuni shares his thoughts in a Times of India story on recent social media initiatives to promote ‘ethical’ fashion and how effective small-scale efforts like these may be in bringing about wider structural change in the industry.
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Cividep India participates in a panel discussion on ‘Labour standards beyond the factory walls’, at the Inaugural UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights organized by UNDP and the UN working group on Business and Human Rights.
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