Pressure to meet fast fashion deadlines is leading to women working in Asian factories supplying Gap and H&M being sexually and physically abused..., according to [...] reports published last week by Global Labour Justice on gender-based violence... 

Publication [...] comes as negotiations are being held this week at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to tackle workplace harassment... 

Gap and H&M both told the Guardian they would investigate the allegations and that they welcomed initiatives to tackle violence, including an ILO convention...

H&M [said] “All forms of abuse or harassment are against everything that H&M group stands for... We will go through every section of the report and follow-up on factory level with our local teams...”

Gap said it was “deeply concerned” about the allegations and was now conducting due diligence to investigate and address these issues.

“We are committed to making sure that the people who make our clothes work in safe conditions and are treated with respect..."