Captured by Cotton: Dalit Girls Produce Garments in India for European and US Markets |
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May 20th, 2011, 22:42
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| brother my cup is empty member  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: yörp
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| Captured by Cotton: Dalit Girls Produce Garments in India for European and US Markets SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations/Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen) & ICN (India Committee of the Netherlands, or LIW, Landelijke India Werkgroep): Quote:
The full report, "Captured By Cotton," is to be found at http://somo.nl/publications-en/Publication_3673, resp. http://www.indianet.nl/CapturedByCotton.html.
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May 20th, 2011, 23:33
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| Neigh Sayer  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| Even Marks and Spencer? Another illusion shattered... From the regularity with which newspapers publish news about the rescue of bonded labour, there must be more than a little of it about. The last one I saw was a brick builder with, not 500 individual labourers, but 500 families working in this state. It's slavery, basically. | |
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May 21st, 2011, 00:08
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| blow-in member  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ireland
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| Thankyou for posting this Mach. I've downloaded it and will read later.  | |
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May 21st, 2011, 01:41
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| Experiencing transition...  Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Kolkata
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| Reminds me of the once thriving Football industry (that worked for big multinational sports gear companies) mainly dependent on thousands of child labours. BTW, good to see you back here Mach.
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May 21st, 2011, 21:12
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| In Dog I Trust Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Blue Planet
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| This reminds me of a photo (with associated story) in The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, showing chained labourers in a stone quarry in Karnataka. That was taking the phrase bonded labour a little too literally! | |
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May 21st, 2011, 22:40
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes.
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| That reminds me of a discussion with Dalit women carrying headloads of dirt at a Rozgar Hami Employment Guarantee Scheme) site in Maharashtra. I asked why they did this fierce task and they replied firmly that it was better than agricultural labor and they didn't have to be raped.. | |
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May 21st, 2011, 23:24
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Netherlands
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| Unfortunately I don't have to look to hard to find a very similar scenario in The Netherlands. That's not to say this is right of course. | |
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