Fast Fashion. Made in Sri Lanka. Workers'rights for 350,000 garment workers.

V20 Sources Sri Lanka is not only famous for being home of one of the most delicious teas, but it turns out, it is home to 350,000 garment workers, making it an attractive hub for the world’s most famous fashion brands. Although we do not hear much about this country’s industry as much as we hear about Bangladesh, it turns out that Sri Lanka’s garment industry exports more than 60% of exports of the country. This week’s video discusses the situation of Sri Lanka ready-made garment industry in terms of 4 issues in the employment sector of the country. Music by:@ikson, last summer. 1. MADE IN SRI LANKA, REMAKE, Ayesha Barenblat · May 27, 2018, available at: https://remake.world/films/made-in-sri-lanka/, also available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeWmEWW75pw 2. International Fashion Houses Are Leaving Millions of Asians Jobless. The Workers Are Now Protesting, VICE, Pallavi Pundir, 29 June 2020, 1:18am, available at: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzkvp/international-fashion-houses-are-leaving-millions-of-asians-jobless-now-the-workers-are-protesting 3. Fast fashion hasn’t stopped putting profits over people, The Coronavirus fallout, Posted Monday 30th March, 2020, Text by Tansy Hoskins, available at: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/style/covid-19-poses-an-existential-threat-to-fast-fashion-industry/#:~:text=The%20garment%20industry%20employs%20approximately,4.2%20million%20people%20in%20Bangladesh 4. | Gender-based violence, international, violence against women, Fast Fashion’s ‘Cheap Labor’: Under the Pandemic, Global Garment Industry’s Women Workers Pay the Price, At the end of March, as Sri Lanka’s CO, Alessandra Bergamin 25 August 2020, available at: https://womensmediacenter.com/women-under-siege/fast-fashions-cheap-labor-under-the-pandemic-global-garment-industrys-women-workers-pay-the-price 5. Why Is It So Hard for Clothing Manufacturers to Pay a Living Wage? H&M promised to make sure the people who make the company’s