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Captured by cotton: exploited Dalit girls produce garments in India for European and US markets
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011Over the past decade, the garment industry in Tamil Nadu has experienced major growth. Thousands of small and medium sized factories are involved in the complex process of turning cotton into clothing. Girls and young women are recruited and employed on a large scale to work in the garment industry.DocumentMaid in India - young Dalit women continue to suffer exploitative conditions in India’s garment industry
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2012In Tamil Nadu young women workers continue to suffer exploitative working conditions while making garments for Western brands. Thousands of girls work under recruitment and employment schemes that amount to bonded labour.DocumentVedanta cares?: tusting the myths about Vedanta’s operation in Lanjigarh, India
ActionAid International, 2007This report investigates the threats to the livelihoods of Indian Lanjigarh locals after the arrival of a subsidiary of Vedanta. It presents the myths about Vedanta in relation to this project and unravels the truth behind each with evidence from official reports, journalists, Action Aid’s own field visits and first hand accounts of local people.DocumentThe dark side of healthcare: a report about Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan
SwedWatch, 2007This report discusses Swedish county councils’ procurement of goods from India and Pakistan. The report reveals that simple surgical instruments, as well as patient wear, are produced for Swedish county councils in unacceptable working conditions that also lead to environmental destruction.DocumentIndia: Orissa, Kashipur: Utkal bauxite & alumina project: human rights and environmental impacts
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2007This report reviews environmental and social aspects of plans by Utkal Alumina Industries Ltd to mine bauxite and refine alumina. The project is a joint venture between Canada’s Alcan and Hindalco.DocumentWomen’s general and reproductive health in global supply chains
Business for Social Responsibility, 2006In developing economies, women account for a disproportionately large percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing for export markets.DocumentSOMO briefing paper on ethics in clinical trials: Examples of unethical trials
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006This briefing paper provides an overview of known examples of unethical clinical trials for pharmaceuticals with a focus on developing countries. The study makes the following general observations :DocumentLevelling the playing field: caste discrimination and the Ambedkar Principles
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2006This report summarises a workshop of the Dalit Solidarity Network UK (DSN-UK) with a focus on the role international business can play in eliminating caste discrimination.DocumentBuilding towers, cheating workers: exploitation of migrant construction workers in the United Arab Emirates
Human Rights Watch, 2006This report documents alleged exploitation of construction workers by employers in the United Arab Emirates.DocumentFrom quarry to graveyard: Corporate social responsibility in the natural stone sector
India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006This report seeks to provide a better understanding of the natural stone sector, in particular quarrying and processing in India and imports and consumption in the Netherlands.