ILO has lots of potential for jobs within the environment-friendly textiles sector. Credit: Shutterstock.

The ILO eco-friendly textile initiative aims to raise awareness about the detrimental impacts of fast fashion and create formal job opportunities to help formalise the sector in Türkiye.

The Eco Dyeing and Printing Workshop marked the start of the initiative. The workshop offered hands-on training to cooperative members in natural dyeing techniques using pigments from various plants. Participants also learned woodblock printing, natural patterning, and batik dyeing on linen and hemp fabrics.

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The ILO is expanding Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) at EkoDoku to tackle informal employment, low wages, and low productivity.

The pilot project at EkoDoku aims to stimulate green job creation and inclusiveness for all, including Syrians under temporary protection, international protection applicants and status holders, and host communities.

EkoDoku founding member and chairperson Esra Üzel Yüncüler highlights the cooperative’s commitment to sustainable textiles, decent jobs, and increased women’s employment.

The “HarmonyUnity” collection, supported by the ILO, seeks to promote sustainable living by highlighting global harmony and unity.

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The ILO office for Türkiye hopes to address the challenges faced by textile workers, many of whom are women. By ensuring decent employment and income, and improving access to essential services and social protection, it says cooperatives offer a vital route for transitioning workers into the formal economy.

The ILO adds the Decent Work in Nature-based Solutions 2022 Report shows nearly 75m people are currently employed in NbS and achieving goals in mitigation, biodiversity, and land restoration could generate an estimated 20m extra jobs.

In July the ILO announced an agreement with the Uzbek government which resulted in the development of a new Country Programme for Uzbekistan, aimed at improving labour conditions and promoting social justice in the country.