Resources on Textiles, clothing, leather, and footwear sector

  1. © ILO 2024
    Uzbek cotton is free from systemic child labour and forced labour

    01 March 2022

    Almost two million people are recruited every year for the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. The country has succeeded in eradicating systemic forced labour and systemic child labour during the 2021 cotton production cycle, according to new ILO findings.

  2. © David Stanley 2024
    Forced labor in Uzbekistan's cotton industry – a hard nut to crack

    26 September 2018