The programme targets GBVH in four Lesotho garment factories producing jeans for the global market
Levi Strauss & Co, The Children s Place and Kontoor Brands are funding a programme that targets gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in four Lesotho jeans factories employing up to 10,000 workers.
The project, which is unique in that it is binding and worker-led, will empower Lesotho unions, human and women s rights groups to effectively address GBVH.
To combat widespread abuse, the programme is providing garment workers with GBVH awareness training, a confidential reporting system, and enforcement processes administered by an entity independent of employer influence.
It comes after Levi Strauss, The Children s Place, and Kontoor Brands launched a comprehensive pilot programme to prevent GBVH in garment factories in Lesotho last summer after an investigation documented a deeply concerning pattern of abuse and harassment at a key supplier s factories in the country.
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