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Sustainable, positive development only happens when the right employment standards and opportunities are in place.  Let’s make sure our impact lasts longer than a temp contract. Explore Sustainable Development Goal 8 – Decent work and economic growth.

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#TOGETHERBAND is an initiative to raise awareness and funds for all 17 UN Global Goals. 17 Goals, 17 bracelets. In each pack you'll get two bands - wear one as a symbol of support for your goal. Share the other to spread the word. More about #TOGETHERBAND.

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We’re honored to have Economist and Nobel Laureate Michael Spence onboard as part of the #TOGETHERBAND campaign.

Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

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Thanks Halima for joining the #TOGETHERBAND campaign

Halima Aden, model and UNICEF Ambassador, #TOGETHERBAND ambassador for Goal 8

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They tackle this goal

GoodWeave

#TOGETHERBAND supports them by raising awareness of their work and aims to raise funding through band sales.

Their aims

Stop child and forced labor in the carpet industry for good. And replicating their successful model in new industries including apparel, home furnishings, jewelry and tea.

What they do

GoodWeave works with global companies to clean their supply chains right down to the last tier. As well as assessing factory standards they work right down to the community level, to identify and address child labor and exploitative labor practices.

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More stories about "Decent work and economic growth"

1 https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/economic-growth / visited in January 2020

2 https:// www.weforum.org/reports/gender-gap-2020-report-100-years-pay-equality visited in January 2020

3 https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-8-decent-work-and-economic-growth/targets.html visited in January 2020

4 https ://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labour/lang-- en/index.htm visited in January 2020

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