This article highlights the main findings of a research study conducted by Cividep and its partners INKOTA, Sudwind, and SLD to assess the impact of the unprecedented lockdowns in 2020 on the lives of leather sector workers of Ambur, Tamil Nadu. Cividep’s relief measures to help alleviate the workers’ distress are also described here.
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On completion of 25 years of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Homework Convention (177), which calls for protection and equal rights to all homeworkers, the ILO have published a comprehensive report about homeworking. Included within this report is a case study of the work that Cividep undertook in collaboration with Homeworkers Worldwide and Pentland Brands.
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Cividep India’s Pradeepan Ravi gives inputs in this news story on the alarming rate of post-pandemic layoffs happening in Tamil Nadu’s leather industry, and how workers, especially women, are struggling to cope.
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In collaboration with the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, we contributed to a blog miniseries on the plight of invisible homeworkers in global supply chains. In a set of two articles, we discuss the importance of worker collectivization and the criticality of more rigorous due diligence by brands for enabling improvements in complex supply chains.
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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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