News & Events

November 29, 2022

Empowering adult women to enter the “Open School” program in India

Sanjana, 27, lives in a GoodWeave Child Friendly Community in rural Rajasthan, India. She wanted to complete her education when she was younge...

October 22, 2022

Maya: Overcoming adversity and making a new life with GoodWeave’s support

GoodWeave’s holistic program to stop child labor in global supply chains integrates a unique focus on the rehabilitation of child labor s...

July 8, 2022

New Video: GoodWeave and the Fund Against Child Labor support Dutch companies

The Fund Against Child Labor (FBK), part of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), recently launched a new short film featuring GoodW...

May 31, 2022

Radhika: Back in school and learning the tools to become independent

Radhika 14, lives in a home-based carpet weaving community in Jaipur, India. Despite the fact she enjoyed being a student, she was forced to dro...

March 22, 2022

Protecting and Promoting Humanity

Anti-slavery legislation is becoming ever tougher, to the obvious benefit of all legitimate, ethical companies in the weaving industry as well as the weavers themselves. But makin...

November 16, 2021

Unseen: Informal Garment Workers of Bangladesh

This short video highlights the story of Sayema, a Bangladeshi informal garment worker, and her family who GoodWeave and partner organization Awaj Foundation supporte...

September 23, 2021

Unparalleled year for Better Brick Nepal program in 2021

The Better Brick Nepal (BBN) program had an unparalleled year, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in carrying out the program’s work. Dur...

March 17, 2021

New Workers’ Rights Videos

Through a generous gift from the United States Government, GoodWeave has created three short videos on workers’ rights assured under the GoodWeave Standard. These videos were desig...

November 30, 2020

We cannot let COVID-19 undo gains in fight to end child labor

Coronavirus has decimated earnings for workers at the bottom of global supply chains This op-ed by GoodWeave CEO Nina Smith first appeared on Thomson R...

October 26, 2020

GoodWeave joins the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles as a supporting organization

GoodWeave International has joined the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textiles (AGT) as a supporti...

October 2, 2020

How GoodWeave has built a system to help eradicate child labour across global supply chains

This interview with GoodWeave CEO Nina Smith first appeared on Frame on October 2, 2020.  

September 29, 2020

Uncovering and Eradicating Child Labour in Hidden Supply Chains

Hem Moktan is my colleague at GoodWeave in Nepal where he manages educational programming and care of former child labourers and children at-risk of ...