Campaign - Justice for Jeyasre

Campaign Timeline

TTCU begins organizing against gender-based violence and harassment in Tamil Nadu
Jeyasre Kathiravel is killed (JANUARY 2021)
Criminal cases & retaliation against community members from Jeyasre’s village are leveraged by Eastman Exports (JANUARY 2021)
Justice for Jeyasre campaign launches with a letter from 90+ International Unions, Labor Groups, Women’s Organizations and Other Allies Calling on H&M, Gap, PVH and their Supplier Eastman Exports to Sign Binding Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence (FEBRUARY 2021)
Justice for Jeyasre Campaign wins coverage in the Guardian (FEBRUARY & MARCH 2021)
Mutually agreeable compensation is reached (MARCH 2021)
Justice for Jeyasre Global Vigil is held (APRIL 2021)
Speaking Tour Launches (AUGUST 2021)
The landmark Dindigul Agreement to Eliminate Gender Based Violence and Harassment is signed by Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labor Union, Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum, Asia Floor Wage Alliance as well as Eastman Exports and H&M. (APRIL 2022)