Blood Sweat and T-shirts

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6 young fashion lovers experience work in an Indian textiles factory.

A group of 6 young people from Britain, chosen because of their addiction to clothes shopping and fashion, travel to India to work as employees in a textiles factory. They are seen in their favourite British high streets before travelling. On arrival they start work - all experience various levels of deprivation, exploitation and gender discrimination. The hours are long and arduous and the work tedious and non-stop. One British girl is shown away from her work bench and this causes her new boss to yell at her for leaving her work station. All this before they see what the living conditions are like..

From: Blood Sweat and T-shirts Programme 1

First Broadcast : 22 April 2008

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 14-16,16+

Subject : Sociology

Topic : Community and culture

Keywords : Culture, TNC, Trans national corporations,World-wide, Discrimination, Fashion industry, Inequalities, Globalisation, Capatalism

Notes : DISCUSSION • Definition of exploitation. • Consider the effects of deprivation and poverty on people from the developing world. • Explore gender discrimination in differetn cultures world-wide. • Discuss discrimination and power in the developing world. EXTENDED WORK • Collect information on companies accused of exploitation of people or children and the results of being found out. • Investigate the role of women in different countries in the developing world. • Investiage the role of children in different countries in the developing world. REVISION • Evaluate explanations of gender inequalities in the developing world. • Evaluate the usefulness of ' Modernisation' as a theory to explain inequalities in the developing world.

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