A study by Cividep India on occupational health hazards faced by garment worker women finds mentioned in this Indian Express article on the invisible majority fuelling India’s urban revolution – women who’re increasingly migrating to cities for work.
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Cividep India’s research report, ‘Tougher than Leather’, finds mention in this Pulitzer Centre story on environmental and human rights violations in India’s tannery industry that contributes a major percentage to the world’s leather production. Untreated effluents, workers operating in direct contact with toxic chemicals, and at risk of skin and lung problems, accidents etc., are just some of the problems plaguing the industry.
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Laura Ceresna of Cividep India talks to FM4 Vienna on the vulnerabilities faced by young, first-generation industrial workers in the electronics and automobile manufacturing hub of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu facing exploitative working conditions, a situation exacerbated by lack of information about their rights as workers.
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