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With the aim of supporting and training workers Chile Mobile Number List in the fashion industry so that they can know their rights and defend them in a more effective way, Fundación C&A and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Project ( ProDESC ) have developed an alliance. The project that began in February 2019 will last two years and will be focused on the protection of labor human rights of women who work in the fashion industry in six states in Mexico: Yucatán, Guanajuato, State of Mexico, Querétaro, Puebla and Oaxaca.
ProDESC has a methodology for defending human rights that was proposed by its Founder and Executive Director, Alejandra Ancheita, and is made up of four strategies:
Strategic litigation at the municipal, state, federal and, if necessary, transnational level.
Strengthening organizational processes aimed at collective subjects.
Advocacy with key actors at the municipal, state, federal and/or transnational level.
Change of hegemonic narrative to make the voices of communities and groups heard.
In 2013, ProDESC was part of the creation of the National Coordinator of Labor Human Rights Defenders (CNDDHL), which aims to enhance the actions of organizations led by women (workers or former workers) that defend labor human rights. Some of the areas that the founding organizations of this institution focus on include the maquiladora industry, agriculture and domestic work, as well as temporary migrants.
Since 2016, the CNDDHL has managed to strengthen itself through actions such as the creation of new internal regulations to regulate the entry of new organizations and the inclusion of new groups. Some of the Coordinator's objectives during 2019 and 2020 will be to continue with this strengthening through the organization and implementation of its own political agenda, the creation of a support network with other civil society organizations and the promotion of the creation of new workers' organizations.
Likewise, various actions that have already achieved a positive impact will continue to be promoted, such as the opening of the Assistance, Advice and Attention Center for Migrant Workers – the first space in Mexico focused on temporary migrant workers; the implementation of the RADAR program, which contributes to the ethical hiring of Mexican temporary migrant workers in the United States; the publication last October 2018 of the first document in Spanish dedicated to security for human rights defenders at the community level; a greater opening of spaces so that communities and organizations can tell their experiences, construction of collective power with a gender focus, as in the cases of the National Coordinator of Labor Human Rights Defenders and the National Network of Domestic Workers; and the defense of land, territory and natural resources in the support provided to the community of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.
One of the programs that most benefited from the alliance with the C&A Foundation is the School of Transnational Justice. This project, created by ProDESC in 2016, in which members of the CNDDHL have participated, provides knowledge and experiences to people who work as human rights defenders in their communities and workplaces. To date, the School has two generations of graduates, as well as the support of 30 experts from institutions such as the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Fordham University of New York and the Bonavero Institute. of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. Together, they provide technical bases to enhance the work of the people who have participated in this academic space.
In July, the School presented its third generation through a panel. This discussed the general objectives of this space and brought together new participants in relation to the clothing industry in Mexico to analyze transnational justice with respect to human rights abuses committed by transnational companies and, of course, In this way, contribute to giving them a global overview of a problem that directly affects them. “For us, this space must build strategic alliances and teamwork to develop the necessary tools to achieve organized action that allows us to achieve an improvement in the human rights landscape in our country and continue to promote critical but community thinking to improve collective dignity and thus build processes of hope,” said Alejandra Ancheita, Executive Director of ProDESC , during the inauguration of the third generation of this project.
To complement these and other actions, ProDESC will seek a series of strategic alliances through discussion panels, which will help organizations discuss and plan collective actions in a more direct way. This proximity will also be ideal for developing two annual campaigns to promote recognition and respect for the human rights of maquila workers.
Through this project, C&A Foundation , CNDDHL and ProDESC seek to directly involve women workers in the fashion industry to achieve its transformation into an industry in which all people can prosper.
ProDESC has a methodology for defending human rights that was proposed by its Founder and Executive Director, Alejandra Ancheita, and is made up of four strategies:
Strategic litigation at the municipal, state, federal and, if necessary, transnational level.
Strengthening organizational processes aimed at collective subjects.
Advocacy with key actors at the municipal, state, federal and/or transnational level.
Change of hegemonic narrative to make the voices of communities and groups heard.
In 2013, ProDESC was part of the creation of the National Coordinator of Labor Human Rights Defenders (CNDDHL), which aims to enhance the actions of organizations led by women (workers or former workers) that defend labor human rights. Some of the areas that the founding organizations of this institution focus on include the maquiladora industry, agriculture and domestic work, as well as temporary migrants.
Since 2016, the CNDDHL has managed to strengthen itself through actions such as the creation of new internal regulations to regulate the entry of new organizations and the inclusion of new groups. Some of the Coordinator's objectives during 2019 and 2020 will be to continue with this strengthening through the organization and implementation of its own political agenda, the creation of a support network with other civil society organizations and the promotion of the creation of new workers' organizations.
Likewise, various actions that have already achieved a positive impact will continue to be promoted, such as the opening of the Assistance, Advice and Attention Center for Migrant Workers – the first space in Mexico focused on temporary migrant workers; the implementation of the RADAR program, which contributes to the ethical hiring of Mexican temporary migrant workers in the United States; the publication last October 2018 of the first document in Spanish dedicated to security for human rights defenders at the community level; a greater opening of spaces so that communities and organizations can tell their experiences, construction of collective power with a gender focus, as in the cases of the National Coordinator of Labor Human Rights Defenders and the National Network of Domestic Workers; and the defense of land, territory and natural resources in the support provided to the community of Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca.
One of the programs that most benefited from the alliance with the C&A Foundation is the School of Transnational Justice. This project, created by ProDESC in 2016, in which members of the CNDDHL have participated, provides knowledge and experiences to people who work as human rights defenders in their communities and workplaces. To date, the School has two generations of graduates, as well as the support of 30 experts from institutions such as the Universidad Iberoamericana, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Fordham University of New York and the Bonavero Institute. of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. Together, they provide technical bases to enhance the work of the people who have participated in this academic space.
In July, the School presented its third generation through a panel. This discussed the general objectives of this space and brought together new participants in relation to the clothing industry in Mexico to analyze transnational justice with respect to human rights abuses committed by transnational companies and, of course, In this way, contribute to giving them a global overview of a problem that directly affects them. “For us, this space must build strategic alliances and teamwork to develop the necessary tools to achieve organized action that allows us to achieve an improvement in the human rights landscape in our country and continue to promote critical but community thinking to improve collective dignity and thus build processes of hope,” said Alejandra Ancheita, Executive Director of ProDESC , during the inauguration of the third generation of this project.
To complement these and other actions, ProDESC will seek a series of strategic alliances through discussion panels, which will help organizations discuss and plan collective actions in a more direct way. This proximity will also be ideal for developing two annual campaigns to promote recognition and respect for the human rights of maquila workers.
Through this project, C&A Foundation , CNDDHL and ProDESC seek to directly involve women workers in the fashion industry to achieve its transformation into an industry in which all people can prosper.