KARACHI, Pakistan– Abdul Majeed, Senior Manager, Compliance at Karachi-based Eastern Garments, sketches his business’s operating environment. “Factories have many different burdens,” he explains. “Volatile inflation, rising utility costs, operational costs, supply chain issues, increasing compliance and investment requirements, and strong pricing pressure from buyers. It’s very competitive in price.” These challenges are not unique to …

Disability affects millions of people in Viet Nam, making inclusion a critical topic for the country’s workforce. According to a national UNICEF survey, more than seven percent of the population aged two and above,around 6.2 million people,live with a disability, and an additional 13 percent (nearly 12 million) live in a household with a person …

More than 70 percent of workers in Viet Nam’s garment and footwear industry are women—many of them are domestic migrant workers who move from one province to another to earn a living for themselves and their families. These workers face numerous challenges. One of the biggest is caring for their (young) children while working full-time …