Women workers in the garment and textile sector in Tamil Nadu, India

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READ Survey Results - October 2011 - 1589 workersThe breakdown of type of labour scheme was:Age when started work:Sumangali scheme 778Camp labour 526Local 199Other 8613-15 46216-18 56119-20 32921 & above 237Education: All the young women had gone to school up to 8th grade, whenthey were approx. 13 years old.About one fifth of the women are married
‘If something changes we can go back to work there… now the garmentfactory is like a prison. There is no respect, there is too much scolding.’Training on women’s leadership with garment workers, Pudukkottai,October 2011
Page 2 and 3: A garment factory, Tirupur. It is v
Page 4 and 5: Planning workshop, May 2011, Tamil
Page 6 and 7: Map of Tamil NaduTaken from SOMOCap
Page 8 and 9: Sumangali and Camp LabourSumangali:
Page 10 and 11: PudukkottaiPoor rural district, abo
Page 14 and 15: Read Survey Results - October 2011
Page 16 and 17: General picture is one of violation
Page 18 and 19: These abuses lead to serious long-t
Page 20 and 21: ‘We need hygiene and good food. T
Page 22 and 23: ‘We have to know the law and insi
Page 24 and 25: SAVE fieldworker discusses establis
Page 26 and 27: Workers under 18 cannot, by law joi
Page 28 and 29: Young migrant women working in home

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