MFO and SANEM are excited to share with you the launch of our #OpenDiaries campaign. The goal of this campaign is to build a communication channel between everyday consumers and garment workers in Bangladesh. MFO and SANEM have laid the groundwork by interviewing over 1,300 garment workers every week for two years. By opening their financial diaries, they’ve given us a window into their economic realities. When COVID-19 struck and in-home interviews were no longer possible, we kept up the conversation over the telephone. Now we want people just like you to ask these workers your own questions about their work and their lives.
Along with opening their homes to us, garment workers have opened their financial diaries to us. The insights workers provide into their own financial lives are crucial to keeping global apparel supply chains transparent. The insights also help us understand how financial inclusion is working among low-income populations, and can indicate whether or not financial capabilities among these populations are being broadened for the better good.
In addition to direct answers to your questions, each #OpenDiaries post will feature photos of garment workers taken by the garment workers themselves. Just as the workers are sharing the answers to your questions with us, they are also sharing a glimpse into their own world. Note: the quotes in these campaign posts are not from the workers in the photos, but from different workers.
MFO and SANEM will be launching this campaign across all our social media platforms. If you have a question for the garment workers, there are three ways to ask it: 1) direct message us 2) write in the post comments, or 3) send an email to [email protected].
Questions are already starting to come in and we are looking forward to reading more of them!
Please go to workerdiaries.org to read more about what is happening in the Garment Worker Diaries study, and please pay a visit to our #OpenDiaries campaign at all of our social platforms (links below):
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mfo_workerdiaries/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mfopps
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microfinance-opportunities
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mfopps
