Activities
GADC assisted textile and footwear women workers with personal protective equipment
July 23, 2020
During July, Gender Alliance for Development Center distributed personal protective equipment, within the project "Emergency Assistance Funds for clothing industry workers during # COVID-19", financially supported by Public Eye with headquarters in Switzerland through the network World Clean Clothes Campaign.
GADC in the context of the pandemic situation COVID-19 visited 4 factories in the clothing sector, respectively in Lushnja, Shkozet, Lezha and Shkodra, assisting workers with the purchase and donation of personal protective measures PPM as masks and disinfectants.
Over 1500 employees of this sector benefited from this initiative!
GADC also used such visits to provide an overview of Albanian legislation in the context of women's rights in the labor market, as GADC has for years been on the side and in defense of women workers in textile and footwear sector and conveys their voice and demands among national and international actors.
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