What She Makes | Demand Fair Wages for Garment Workers

Tour of the Stores
2023-10-28 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | Aritzia, 50 Bloor Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a tour of Aritzia stores in Toronto to learn truth about Aritzia’s supply chain practices and what this means for garment workers in sourcing countries.
This event is open to everyone and is part of our ongoing Aritzia: Reveal the Chain campaign calling on Aritzia to take action on two critical areas: supply chain transparency and fair wages.
Together with our partners Re/Make we will be live vlogging from our tour of Aritzia stores to raise awareness of the importance of supply chain transparency.
By participating in this event, you are joining a movement of changemakers who are taking a stand for fair fashion. Don’t forget to bring comfortable walking shoes, water to stay refreshed, and a great spirit ready to make a difference.We can’t wait to see you there! RSVP – Erin smithe20@mcmaster.ca

Could Empowering Garment Workers Help Solve Fashion's Climate Crisis?
2023-10-12 11:00 - 23:40 (America/Halifax) | ON
As part of the WEAR Conference, Oxfam Canada’s Nirvana Mujtaba will be facilitation a session that will address the intersection of human rights and environmental due diligence. It will raise important questions about how improved labour conditions can help transform the fashion industry, which continues to fall short on addressing human rights, environmental action and climate targets.
With an increased focus on strengthening social protection and empowerment of rights’ holders, Oxfam Canada and Quizrr will discuss how some brands will be more prepared for Canada’s forthcoming robust corporate accountability legislation and others brands are far from ready to be held accountable.
This event is happening as part of the WEAR Conference. To learn more, visit: wear.fashiontakesaction.com.

Vancouver Fashion Justice Fall Clothing Swap!
2023-09-29 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Denver) | UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z3B7, Canada
Threading Change is hosting a clothing swap for all genders and bodies in Vancouver in support of our What She Makes campaign.
Reeling off the success of their clothing swaps in multiple cities and continents across the world in 2022 and 2023, Threading Change is hosting a fall edition fashion justice clothing swap with unique speakers, in addition to hosting several mending workshops at the event to help you on your sustainable fashion journey.
Join us for a collaborative clothing swap in collaboration with Threading Change, Velvet Underground, Remake, and Stand.Earth to support Garment Worker’s rights.
The venue has limited capacity. Please R.S.V.P and learn more about what to bring here.

Stitch4Change Challenge
2023-09-29 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Aritzia Flagship Store, 1100 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
What to be part of the change we’re stitching together? Join us on Friday, 29 September from 3-5pm in Vancouver for the Stitch4Change Challenge!
This live campaign action event will take place outside Aritzia’s flagship store and aims to bring attention to the stark disparities in the fashion industry. We will invite the public to participate in a one-minute sewing challenge and encourage them to reflect on the contrast between the lives and compensation of Cambodian garment workers vs. the wages earned by fashion brand CEOs.
But we need YOU to help make this event a success! Will you join us and bring a friend, or two … or a hundred?
We’ll be joined by our dynamic allies Re/Make, Threading Change, and Stand.Earth.
Help us spotlight Aritzia’s supply chain transparency issues and catalyze conversations about the treatment and wages of garment workers in the fashion industry.
See you there!

Beyond Decarbonization
2023-09-20 10:00 - 11:30 UTC | ON
Hosted by Stand.earth, in partnership with Oxfam Canada. This is a virtual, online event.
Human rights abuses and dangerous environmental harm within the global fashion industry are two sides of the same coin, but discussions about these issues can often remain siloed. Climate advocacy organization Stand.earth, with support from Oxfam Canada, is hosting a virtual panel discussion at New York Climate Week 2023.
Facilitator: Nirvana Mujtaba, Women’s Rights Policy and Advocacy Specialist, Oxfam Canada
Panelists: Seema Joshi, Fashion and IT Campaign Director, Stand.earth; Dr Hakan Karaosman, University of Cardiff, sustainable supply chain researcher focusing on environmental and social sustainability issues in complex fashion supply chains; Beyrra Triasdian, Program Manager, Trend Asia Spokesperson from the UN Fashion Charter for Climate Action
Join us for a panel and Q&A on Sep 20 at 10am EST on how the fashion industry can equitably and rapidly transition off of fossil fuels. Register here.

Webinar on Oxfam’s Supplier Gender Toolkit
2023-09-19 05:00 - 06:00 UTC | ON
Oxfam’s Behind the Barcodes campaign aimed to push supermarkets to respect the rights of workers in their global supply chains. Tesco became a front-runner on gender equality, one of the scorecard’s four focus areas. As part of its gender strategy, Tesco set a target of having at least 30% of supervisor and management positions occupied by women in all of its Tier 1 suppliers by 2025. Oxfam Business Advisory Service worked with Tesco to develop this Gender Toolkit for supplier companies to use, helping them to understand how to take steps towards increasing women’s representation at different levels and meet this target. You can read more about the project in this blog by Jiselle Steele, one of Oxfam’s private sector gender advisors.
The Gender Toolkit, which was developed in consultation with Tesco’s Tier 1 suppliers and workers, offers practical guidance on approaches and activities to help companies increase the representation of women in management and supervisory positions. The toolkit highlights challenges, opportunities and recommended actions that businesses can take across the stages of recruitment, progression and retention to support women in the workplace. Tesco has agreed to make the toolkit available to others to learn from and implement – you can download the toolkit here.
To learn more, you are warmly invited to a webinar where you will hear from Jiselle, who led the project, Tania Moodley, responsible sourcing manager at Tesco, and Rokhsana Bilkis Lucky, deputy general manager at Aman Knittings Ltd, a garment company in Bangladesh who supported the development of the toolkit.
Register here.
To receive a recording of the event, please reach out!

Raising the bar: Regulating to end corporate abuse
2023-09-14 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | ON
This year’s Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) Mary Robinson Speaker Series, titled “Raising the bar: Regulating corporate abuse,” will explore the new wave of regulation that seeks to end corporate impunity while empowering communities and workers in global supply chains. Kalpona Akter, an internationally recognized labour rights advocate, will be the keynote speaker.
Kalpona Akter is an internationally recognized labour rights advocate who has spent her life fighting for fair wages, safe workplaces, freedom of association, and collective bargaining rights. She serves as the executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, one of Bangladesh’s key labour rights advocacy organizations. Oxfam has been partnering with Kalpona Akter since the early days of the ‘What She Makes’ campaign and hopes you will participate to hear her inspiring message.
If you are interested in hearing about the current labour rights situation from Kalpona , please register here.
