Above the Din of Sewing Machines by Cividep-India

This film documents the exploitative work conditions of women workers in the garment industry in Bangalore (aka the Silicon Valley of India). The city is home to a large garment industry that, until 2001, earned more foreign exchange from exporting cloth than the trade in information technology.

This garment industry is largely geared toward exporting to big brand names in the West, yet workers continuously toil with extremely low wages and an atmosphere of fear and intimidation.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• garment
• workers
• industry
• human
• rights
• wages
• trade
• exploitation
• bangalore
• india
• textile
• outsourcing