Women's Rights

For One Woman, Defending The Rights Of Garment Workers Is The Fight Of Her Life

Mar 8, 2022 —

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Raising their voices for change: women garment workers speak up

Mar 8, 2022 —

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Talking Threads Podcast: Episode 1 - The women behind the label (IndustriALL)

Mar 7, 2022 —

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DLUM marks International Women’s Day

Mar 7, 2022 —

Photo: Sara Montes Ramirez from Colectivo Raíz Aguascalientes (CRA - RedDLUM)

On March 5, the women members of the Network of United Labour Rights Defenders in the Maquila (RedDLUM) held their first public event in Mexico, in honour of International Women’s Day. The online event, “Updating Women’s Rights at Work” provided a platform for women who work, or have worked, in clothing and auto parts factories to discuss their working conditions in the context of the 2019 reform to the Federal Labour Law.

Ortega regime cancels MEC’s legal status, but their work will continue

Feb 22, 2022 —

Members of MEC engaged in workshops at the MEC office on the same day as the National Assembly voted to cancel the organization's legal status.

The week of February 14, the Nicaraguan National Assembly voted to cancel the legal status of 12 Nicaraguan and international NGOs, including the country’s strongest and most outspoken defender of women maquila workers’ rights, the Maria Elena Cuadra Women’s Movement (MEC).