Textilindustrie

Under sometimes harsh conditions, women in Southeast Asia sew garments for the German market. “Anyone who has seen the misery these women endure cannot pretend that it has nothing to do with us,” says Gisela Burckhardt—an activist and recipient of the 2016 Anne Klein Women’s Award. Her acceptance speech.

Gisela Burckhardt has been fighting for years to improve the living conditions of female workers in the international textile industry. In her laudatory speech, Renate Künast thanked her for her tireless efforts.

In her speech at the Anne Klein Women's Award ceremony, Barbara Unmüßig praised the passionate commitment of the award recipient, Gisela Burckhardt, to the rights of women workers in the global textile industry—particularly in Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia.