The Dindigul Agreement stands as a pioneering framework designed to eliminate gender-based violence and harassment in apparel factories. Established among global brands (H&M, Gap Inc., and PVH Corp), an international NGO (Global Labor Justice), a union alliance (Asia Floor Wage Alliance), a local union (Tamilnadu Textile and Common Labor Union), and an Indian apparel manufacturer (Eastman Exports), this agreement is widely recognized as a potential model for the apparel industry, where a majority of employees are young women and gender-based violence remains a persistent challenge.

As the agreement reaches its conclusion, this webinar from the Cornell ILR Global Labor Institute will present the first official evaluation and explore a crucial question: Is the Dindigul Agreement achieving its intended impact? Our panel will examine the effectiveness of this collaborative effort between factory management and unions in addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace and discuss its implications for the broader apparel industry.

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What You'll Learn

• How the Dindigul Agreement has performed and what metrics define its success
• Key factors driving the agreement's effectiveness and best practices for implementation
• Strategies for adapting and scaling this model across the apparel industry
• Ways this framework can strengthen corporate human rights due diligence efforts
• Evidence-based insights into how the agreement empowers women to combat gender-based violence both in the workplace and their communities

Speakers:

Sarosh Kuruvilla
Professor of Industrial Relations and Asian Studies
Cornell ILR School

Kelly Fay Rodríguez
Former Special Representative for International Labor Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Jason Judd
Executive Director, Global Labor Institute
Cornell ILR School

Krishanti Dharmaraj
Former Independent Chair, Dindigul Agreement Oversight Committee