Bad jeans: time for us to wear our feminist ideals on our sleeves

An empowering opportunity has been grossly perverted by pervasive sexual predation in textile factories

28 October 2020 - 21:13 By Paula Andropoulos

Unbeknown to many of us, Lesotho’s capital city of Maseru is home to a spate of factories that produce jeans for well-known denim brands such as Levi’s and Wrangler, among others. Indeed, the manufacture of denim for export is one of the most lucrative formal sectors in Lesotho, and, according to Reuters, provides jobs for about 40,000 African nationals...

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