Myanmar: Garment workers at Nadia Pacific Apparel report physical, verbal & sexual abuse against women workers
Summary
Date Reported: 13 May 2022
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Pan-Pacific - SupplierAffected
Total individuals affected: 1000
Workers: ( 1000 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Gender Discrimination , Rape & sexual abuse , Sexual harassment , ViolenceResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: News outlet
“Workers at Nadia Pacific Apparel demand an end to physical abuse inside the factory and an end to abusive sexual harassment”, 13 May 2022
"The factory is under a lot of brutality. Managers and supervisors are beating girls, punching them in the chest, punching them in the ear, knocking on their heads, twisting and punching them," said one worker…
Workers at the Nadia Pacific Apparel garment factory say they want an immediate end to physical abuse [towards] female workers inside the factory, as well as abusive sexual harassment of young women…
The workers also said that if the factory did not [meet] the [targets], the super[visors] would shout at [them]… with harsh words, and the sewing manager would kick the girls.
…the girls'…are insulted by vulgar language…[for example], 'Are you human or dog-born?'"…
Workers want legal benefits…
[Translation via Google Translate]