A Garment Sector at a Crossroads in Resilience, Institutional Strengthening, and the Path Forward Haiti’s garment industry continues to operate under extraordinary pressure. Political instability, escalating insecurity, economic contraction, and uncertainty around international trade preferences have placed the sector—and the livelihoods it supports—at significant risk. The latest reporting cycle of Better Work Haiti highlights both …

Project Overview The Industrial Relations Project aims to advance Freedom of Association (FOA) and Collective Bargaining (CB) in Cambodia’s GFT sector—key foundations of decent work, fair workplaces, and sustainable industrial growth. The Industrial Relations Project: Strengthening Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining implemented by the ILO Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) team in Phnom Penh, under …

Background The garment, footwear, and travel goods (GFT) sector remains a cornerstone of Cambodia’s economy. In 2025, the sector comprised 1,810 firms and employed over 1.11 million workers, around 75 per cent of whom were women. It is the country’s largest source of foreign exchange, accounting for 51.8 per cent of total exports in 2025. …