Greedy companies

Hi John,

Right now, women factory workers in Ethiopia are being exploited by their employers, working in unsafe conditions for low pay and long hours. Violence, harassment, and sexism by management are commonplace.

But together, we can supercharge social movements in Ethiopia that want to make it illegal for dodgy companies to exploit workers. 

Supporting communities of women to rise up and push for change will be historic, but we need extra funding for work like this. 48 of you have already donated £1,734 to empowering Ethiopian factory workers. Join them now and help hit our £9,000 target before the end of the month deadline. Chip in now. 

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Due to no legal minimum wage, companies – including foreign corporations – are scrambling to exploit Ethiopian workers. High unemployment is forcing the government to tolerate abuse by company bosses. That means it's going to take a social movement within Ethiopia and international support from people like you, John, to get women workers what they deserve.  

We finally have a clear route to change things. The UN’s labour organisation has a set of standards for eliminating violence and harassment at work - called ‘C190’. If Ethiopia adopts it, it’ll change the lives of thousands of women working in exploitative factories right now.

24 countries have already signed up to these minimum standards. We can get Ethiopia to join them - but only by supporting local activists to push for change. And it takes funding to get mass grassroots political organising off the ground. 

John, we want to keep the pressure up on behalf of women factory workers in Ethiopia, so we don’t have long to raise funds for work like this. I really don’t want us to fall short of our target. Donate today. 

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In solidarity,

Moreen Majiwa, Programme Manager of AWESOME*
Womankind Worldwide 

*AWESOME a five-year programme that aims to strengthen the women’s movement across Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. It is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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