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The latest @eurochammyanmar #Myanmar Garment Sector Factsheet (v2.0), released this month, should be required reading for anyone interested in the country's post-coup labour situation. Incredibly well-researched, referenced and highly relevant.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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In #Myanmar, the military coup and pandemic led 220,000 garment workers to lose their job. 95% are women and often the only source of revenues of their families. Responsible businesses have a significant impact to avoid extreme poverty.
Access to decent work is a human right.
Ma Shwe Yee left Yangon in mid-2021, a time of enormous difficulties for 100s of thousands of garment workers.
She received 2 cash transfers, once to help her after losing her job and again to help her reintegrate into the workforce when she was ready.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeniV…
Here is another short video filmed by one of the more than 90,000 garment/textile factory worker beneficiaries of the EU Myan Ku Fund. This is her video, her story. youtu.be/DjTPq5eis1c
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Ms. Zar Ni Win, one of several hundred young women to participate in our vocational and life skills trainings shares about her experience in the programme. youtu.be/WSX-LspIkGg
This video is a bit longer, but provides some interesting perspectives from a garment worker and from a factory manager, both trying to navigate the difficulties of the previous year. youtube.com/watch?v=gKBYoF4R…
Nutritionists from one of our factory assessment teams have recently been conducting focus groups with young mothers in several garment factories in Yangon and Mandalay, as they lead a new advisory programme focused on workplace nutrition.
Ms. Zar Ni Win, one of several hundred young women to participate in our vocational and life skills trainings shares about her experience in the programme. youtu.be/WSX-LspIkGg
Our training programme taught the importance of employment contracts and labour law compliance, in addition to technical skills. This is valuable not only for getting a new job, but a decent job.
Losing her job was a major worry. Garment factory worker Aye Hnin Soe shares how the EU Myan Ku Fund provided essential cash support for her family, especially during her pregnancy and the first months of her child’s life, giving them a chance to resettle. youtu.be/YLls4Ro70Ms
They choose and curate what they want to share. We edit the final submissions and then added in some sound and lighting adjustments + translation subtitles.
We are sharing several garment worker stories over the next weeks. Many of these are “beneficiary led”. This means, we gave the participants smartphones and a few hours of training on storytelling/photography and then they film their own lives, based on what they feel meaningful.
youtu.be/eIqy6se9G6k
The EU Myan Ku Fund has now supported over 90,000 apparel factory workers with direct cash assistance. Ms. Tint Tint Lwin, one of these beneficiaries, shares her story on how the fund was vital during her family’s lean times, before finding a new job.
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Under this proposal, large European companies will be held accountable for human rights violations and environmental harm caused throughout their entire supply chains, including in the textiles sector. @EUMyanmar is working with European business to deliver on this agenda
ℹ️ Press release: bit.ly/3EUa6M0
.@UNECE and ITC jointly welcome 🇪🇺 EU's new corporate accountability proposal that makes European firms accountable for #HumanRights violations & environmental harm throughout supply chains, including in the textiles sector.
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1/ What are the impacts on people's livelihoods in #Myanmar of the political and economic crises? The People pulse survey, released by @UNDP_Myanmar in December 2021, provides data.
asia-pacific.undp.org/conten…