A dimensão de gênero nas Cadeias Globais de Valor (CGV) da indústria fast fashion: um estudo de caso sobre a Índia

Abstract

The garment industry is one of the major sectors taking on a global dimension and incorporating developing countries, having expanded rapidly since the 1970s to territories where there were greater production opportunities and lower costs through subcontracting. Such a change has triggered the phenomenon of the Global Value Chains (CGD) in the garment sector, with major impacts on the global scenario - especially when it comes to developing countries, given that it offers the opportunity for upgrading in the chain in which it is inserted and, consequently, the development of the country. Considering that around 85% of industry workers are women, in all there are about 30 million workers, and, in the end, although the CGVs promote opportunities for these women - since they generate jobs for - the opportunity for upgrading envisaged by developing countries is only to provide cheap labor against flexible or non-existent labor laws, strengthening the local gender structure. Therefore, the present article is devoted to understanding the phenomenon of the Global Chains of Value in the Fast Fashion industry as well as the gender dimension and its repercussions on the industry and the experience of these women in India.