Together for Decent Leather

Cividep is pleased to be part of Together for Decent leather, a three-year programme carried out by a European-Asian consortium of seven civil society organisations. Our goal is to improve working conditions and to reduce labour rights abuses, focusing on leather product production hubs in South Asia.

Workers in the leather industry who produce our leather jackets, shoes, belts and other leather garments are suffering exploitation. These workers are facing unsafe and degrading working conditions. Together for Decent Leather exposes corporate abuses in this sector and is looking for ways forward. Find out more about our concerns, our actions and our achievements. Let’s work Together for Decent Leather.

Our aims

Together for Decent Leather aims to improve the living and working conditions for workers in the leather value chain. We are calling for an end to labour rights abuses. We are demanding that state actors and companies take responsibility by adhering to and promoting the highest international labour and human rights standards.

We are asking for increased commitment by the private sector to fulfil their human rights due diligence obligations and we are calling on government stakeholders to enforce protection of labour and human rights against abuses by the private sector.

This project is funded by:

See more information on the programme website.