How has Sri Lanka’s apparel sector fared in the wake of a series of crises? How have workers navigated various waves of change brought on in recent years, such as the COVID-19 pandemic? In this article, Kanchana Ruwanpura explores these questions and more. Importantly, she draws on 20 worker testimonies to do so. As Ruwanpura […]
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Fashion during COVID-19: What impact did COVID-19 have on the Australian fashion industry? How did the industry respond and what steps should it take next to better protect itself against such crisis in the future? In this article, the authors overview the ramifications of the global pandemic in the Australian context, and offer insights from
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What role can art play in supporting health and wellbeing? How do notions of ‘hope’ come into play? Exploring hope through art, this article considers these questions and more, through a project born out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the abstract below, and then click through to the main article to learn more: EXPLORING
Adjustments in Performing Motherhood Peer-reviewed research by: Dr Clémence Jullien and Dr Roger Jeffery Motherhood comes with a constellation of social pressures that can impact wellbeing at the best of times, but during COVID-19? That’s a different game. What happens when women experience motherhood in ways that differ from what they had imagined? This research looks
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Inequalities across fashion sector highlighted through COVID-19 Peer-reviewed research by: Dr Taylor Brydges and Dr Mary Hanlon The global fashion and apparel industry is unequal by design, with asymmetrical power dynamics impacting garment worker wages and supports. What impact did COVID-19 have on the global fashion and apparel industry? How did international companies and brands
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COVID-19 & Sustainable Fashion? COVID-19 has had a massive impact on global supply chains, and the fashion industry is no exception. In this article, the author’s unpack key tensions to consider whether COVID-19 has worked as a wake-up call for the global sector. Here’s the abstract: Will COVID-19 support the transition to a more sustainable
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COVID-19 saw widescale disruptions to the social, cultural, political and economic fabric of everyday life for countless individuals the world over. New research from MacLachlan, McMellon and Inchley (2022) draw attention to the toll the pandemic has played on children’s rights, in the context of mental health. There is a need to shift away from
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