Women and minimum wages
Cividep India’s inputs find mention in this comprehensive article series on discriminatory and inhuman working conditions faced by Bangalore’s garment workers.
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Topic: Workers' Rights
NGO coalition on youth and migrant labour
Cividep in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur convened a meeting of NGOs working for the cause of young migrant workers. We identified common challenges faced in our work, exchanged lessons, and took a collective pledge for the cause of the most vulnerable workers.
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From temple town to industrial hub: through the eyes of young workers
Conversations with young, first-generation female workers of electronics factories in the industrial hub of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu on how they perceive industrialization and its consequent changes on their formerly rural landscapes, their lives, and whether their jobs are meeting their newfound expectations and aspirations for a better life.
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Brands come face-to-face with their ‘invisible’ workforce
A Reuters news article features a historic meeting that brought together homeworkers and manufacturers of Tamil Nadu’s leather industry with international leather brands for the first time. This was organized as a part of our research endeavor mapping the role of homeworkers, an otherwise invisible workforce in the global supply chain of leather goods.
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Cividep’s Gopinath Parakuni featured as a notable DTP alumnus
The Diplomacy Training Program acknowledged Mr Gopinath Parakuni, Cividep’s General Secretary, for his commendable work in supporting worker organising and collectivisation in India’s export garment industry.
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