Oxfam’s What She Makes campaign demands big clothing brands pay the women who make our clothes a living wage.
![Bangladesh: Textile workers are working inside a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam Bangladesh: Textile workers are working inside a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/354850pre_8fb508dd815102a.jpg)
COMPANY TRACKER
See how your favourite brands stack up
Are they committed to paying the women who make our clothes a living wage?
![Bangladesh: Kalpona Akter at her office. She is a labour activist from Bangladesh. She is the founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity. Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Oxfam-InuruID-355363-Bangladesh-2023-03-06-1.jpg)
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THE CAMPAIGN
Big brands are keeping the women who make our clothes living in poverty.
The women who make our clothes do not make enough to live on – keeping them in poverty. Despite long hours away from their families, working full time plus many hours of overtime, big clothing brands do not pay garment workers enough money to cover the basics of life – food and decent shelter.
“We wish to earn and live appropriately with that. That’s all I want.””
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See the new report
Oxfam has released groundbreaking research, that reveals how unethical business practices of Australia’s fashion brands impact the women who make our clothes.
Latest Updates
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Demand Best&Less and Myer keep their workers safe
It’s been 11 years since the Rana Plaza factory collapsed, killing 1,134 workers. Demand Best&Less and Myer put safety over profit and sign the Accord today.
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Oxfam’s Christmas Wish List 2023
All we want for Christmas is for the women who make our clothes to be paid a living wage.
Our Christmas Wish List includes brands that are lagging behind on their journey to pay a living wage.
![Bangladesh: Laily* with her son Safyun (2.5yr). Laily* works as a homebased garment worker. She joined garment factory at 12. Since 2019, she started working from home. Laily* brings orders from small factories and do them. Order like bed sheets, pillow covers, and one-piece dresses, these orders are given at home for sewing. With her income she hardly can earn 5000 taka. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam Bangladesh: Laily* with her son Safyun (2.5yr). Laily* works as a homebased garment worker. She joined garment factory at 12. Since 2019, she started working from home. Laily* brings orders from small factories and do them. Order like bed sheets, pillow covers, and one-piece dresses, these orders are given at home for sewing. With her income she hardly can earn 5000 taka. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Laily_what-she-makes.png)
What She Makes Trip Report 2023
In early 2023 Oxfam Australia, Canada and Aoteaoa (NZ) visited Bangladesh. This was an opportunity for the women who make our clothes to tell their stories, helping us spread the truth about what she makes.
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New eBook! Who made my clothes?
Did you know the women in Bangladesh who make our clothes get paid as little as $173 a month? Download our FREE eBook to uncover the ugly truth behind fast fashion and how together, we can create a fairer fashion industry.
![Bangladesh: 35 years old Nilufa Yesmin is a Rana Plaza survivor. She is still suffering from the consequences of the factory collapse. Her spinal cord is fractured when she was crushed under a Beam in Rana Plaza. Now she is unable to do any work. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam Bangladesh: 35 years old Nilufa Yesmin is a Rana Plaza survivor. She is still suffering from the consequences of the factory collapse. Her spinal cord is fractured when she was crushed under a Beam in Rana Plaza. Now she is unable to do any work. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Untitled-design-37.png)
Ten years on from Rana Plaza tragedy
Oxfam Australia is marking the 10th anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy by calling on Australian brands to do more to protect the rights of garment workers.