Today, Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year (US Census Bureau). We hope as a company to further implement the conversation across all boards in order to promote awareness for such an imperative topic. .
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“The garment industry is and has historically been one of the most female-dominated industries in the world. Today more than 70 percent of garment workers in China are women; in Bangladesh, 85 percent; and in Cambodia, women represent up to 90 percent of the fashion workforce. Here in the West, we continue to battle lingering discrepancies in equal opportunities for women in the workplace.
Higher-skilled and higher-paid roles such as cutting are usually performed by men. Management positions almost exclusively go to men. What’s more, export factories tend to hire young women before they’re married or become pregnant, and let them go once they are. Childcare is not accessible, and to work, mothers are often forced to leave children with extended family a great distance away." -marcizaroff excerpt in ecorennow