Uzbek activists call for boycott–again!

Posted on June 8, 2009 by admin | No Comments

If anyone has yet to be convinced that boycotting Uzbek cotton is the right thing to do, they need to listen to the people who are putting everything on the line to call for just that: Uzbekistan’s human rights activists, both in-country and political exiles.  These are the people whose friends, neighbors and families are [...]

Companies that get it: the Gap

Posted on May 21, 2009 by admin | No Comments

This site will spotlight the growing handful of companies worldwide that reject the use of cotton produced with forced child labor in Uzbekistan.  Thankfully for my family’s buying habits, this includes the Gap, which states on its website:
Cotton from Uzbekistan
Under no circumstances is it acceptable for child labor to be used in the production of [...]

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    The production and export of cotton continues to be a major feature of the economy, politics and everyday lives of the people of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This report analyses the nature and causes of their use of child labour in the cotton sector.

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