Fair Play – in sportswear industry
Fair Play in sportswear industry is an awareness raising project targeting consumers of sportswear. The idea of the project is to promote sport rule of ‘fair play’ also in relations between sportswear producers and workers. By implementing this project, KARAT continues its cooperation with Clean Clothes Campaign- the global NGOs’ and trade unions’ initiative for the improvement of working conditions in garment industry. KARAT’s role in the project involves further monitoring of working conditions in the garment factories in Poland, as well as initiating consumers’ campaign in Central and Eastern Europe by using CCC’s experience and framework. Main project activities include: publications, education and research.
80% of garment workers are women and 1/3 of global garment production is placed in CEE countries, therefore work on improvement of working conditions of women in garment industry is a part of KARAT’s Economic Justice programme.
The project Fair Play in sportswear industry has started in 2007 and will last until the end of 2009. It is implemented in cooperation with partners from Austria (Sudwind Agentur) and Germany (Inkota).
Contact: Joanna Szabuńko – joanna.szabunko@karat.org.pl
More information:
In English: www.womenslabour.org/fairplay
In Polish: www.kobietypraca.org/fairplay
The main donor of the project is European Commission.
