garments industry

Hiring people with disabilities

According to the World Health Organisation (2011), persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the population. Developing countries lose up to seven percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. When persons with disabilities have access to skills training, they can significantly meet the rising demand of skilled labour, which provides considerable economic advantages.

KNOT SO TRUE / Not-So-Sweet-16 “scenarios”

A forty-six page report is supposed to be impressive. An educated guess would indicate that there are at least twenty thousand words in there...

Editorial / Making RMG compliance mandatory

A recently held seminar in the city organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) brought together union representatives, business leaders in garments industry and other stakeholders to deliberate on the issue of compliance.

June 21, 2017
June 21, 2017

Hiring people with disabilities

According to the World Health Organisation (2011), persons with disabilities make up 15 percent of the population. Developing countries lose up to seven percent of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the exclusion of persons with disabilities from the labour market. When persons with disabilities have access to skills training, they can significantly meet the rising demand of skilled labour, which provides considerable economic advantages.

January 20, 2016
January 20, 2016

Not-So-Sweet-16 “scenarios”

A forty-six page report is supposed to be impressive. An educated guess would indicate that there are at least twenty thousand words in there...

August 14, 2015
August 14, 2015

Making RMG compliance mandatory

A recently held seminar in the city organized by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) brought together union representatives, business leaders in garments industry and other stakeholders to deliberate on the issue of compliance.