As the feminist movement continues to expand in its intersectionality, there is increasing awareness that women’s rights cannot be examined without acknowledging the significance of class, sexuality, race and ability. With 80% of garment workers across the world being female, and 20 million women home-based workers in the crafts/textile space in Pakistan alone, it’s almost undeniable that fast fashion, consumption and cultural crafts is a feminist issue. Women are underpaid, overworked and subject to unsafe working conditions and the panel will explore this in the context of capitalist-patriarchy and look at local responses, both within mainstream markets and in niche spaces, as potential ways forward. This panel represents a series that was initiated in 2019 and has evolved as a key feature of how we explore production and livelihoods as a feminist issue

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