News & Events
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...
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...
Workers’ Rights Videos – India
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...
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...
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...
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.
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 ...
Better Brick Nepal project achieves milestone: 10 brick kilns certified for 2020
Despite the challenges of operating during the pandemic, 10 brick kilns in Nepal were certified free of child, forced and bonded lab...
The Story of Hem Moktan: 152 Million Children Around the Globe Labor in Bondage
To be a hero is to take a risk. Hem Moktan does this every day, facing his brutal past as an enslaved child. He is featured in the do...
Hem Moktan: He Made It
Hem Moktan was 13 years old when he was freed from a carpet factory in Kathmandu by a GoodWeave inspector. He was enrolled in GoodWeave’s transit home for former child laborers where he rece...
Fragile Futures for Hidden Workers When Consumers Stop Buying
With demand for toilet paper and other household items in the headlines, the COVID-19 crisis has made supply chains news, highlighting what disruptions...
