garment industry

Between labour and the law

Resurgence of labour activism in Myanmar

| Nov 09, 2018

State of disunion

International support for trade unionism in Bangladesh must proceed after separating the wheat from the chaff.

| Sep 16, 2015

Piece by piece

The dark underbelly of India’s garment industry.

| Mar 15, 2015

Three terrible exclusions

The World Bank’s report on the progress of poverty-reduction in Bangladesh ignores issues of disability, labour safety and violence against women.

| Aug 02, 2012

Beyond the doomsday scenario

Bangladeshi garment workers prepare for a post-MFA world.

| Jul 01, 2003

Latest Articles

Himal Fiction Fest

The next generation of Southasian storytellers

In Mizoram, a refugee crisis highlights Mizo tribal affinities and hostility

Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too

In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man

Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply