H M Pledges To End Shopfloor Sexual Violence In India After Worker Killed Sexual Violence
In January 2021, Jeyasre Kathiravel, a 20-year-old Dalit woman, was found dead on arable land near her family home after finishing a shift at Natchi Apparel, a H&M garment factory in Kaithian Kottai, Tamil Nadu. Her boss reportedly confessed to her murder and is awaiting trial. Her family also claims that she was raped before she was killed and that she was sexually harassed and bullied at work in the months before her death, but felt powerless to prevent the abuse....