Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) has been honoured with the 2022 Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award from the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable (ICAR) with Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU) and the Global Labour Justice – International Labour Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) as labour partners to the landmark Dindigul Agreement to end gender-based violence and harassment in global garment supply chains.
We are honored to receive @theICAR 2022 Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award with @tamil_labour & @ILRF as labor partners to the landmark Dindigul Agreement to end gender and caste-based violence & harassment on global garment supply chains. pic.twitter.com/KpvqmZQKDk
— Asia Floor Wage Alliance (@asia_floorwage) November 21, 2022
AFWA informed that the Gwynne Skinner Human Rights Award recognises the work of individuals and organisations that have made a significant contribution to corporate accountability. AFWA is honoured and proud to have been named as a co-recipient of this important award.
It further added that the Dindigul Agreement is a victory for the Asian garment labour movement. It shows that transformation, social justice and progress are possible even in the harshest of conditions.
AFWA believes the award is a profound recognition of the efforts of thousands of feminists and women’s rights defenders like Jeyasre, many of whom have lost their lives, trying to create better worlds for all of us. This award is a note of hope and inspiration for the millions of Asian garment workers and their unions, that their struggles for decent work, living wages and a violence-free workplace, are heard and seen by people around the world.
