You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the activists, in the United States we would still have child labor, we would still have 16-hour days. — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
The main one is that these apparel jobs are a very important means for young women in these countries to gain autonomy. The other big lesson is that it can't be just about activism. This is most clear to me in the case of China, where we do not have freedom of the press. If the press is free and… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share
But by shining these lights in different places, they really have uncovered things that companies in their own interest are trying to clean up.… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
In many poor countries, if the daughter is told who she's going to marry, and told that she's going to live in the village with her husband's family, she really has very little opportunity to make her own decisions. If she comes for a while to work in a factory, she has her own money. In family agriculture, it's never… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share
The movement really has evolved because their initial demands [such as factory codes of conduct and disclosure of supplier names and addresses] have virtually… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
You need companies investing in these countries, so women have employment opportunities, and you also need these forces of conscience. Without the activists, in… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
I have heard a lot of stories - we're putting this in for the monitors, we've got this other set of records. This is… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
If consumers weren't thinking this way, companies would be a lot less responsive. Right now, consumers don't really have a way to get information… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
“How did the Farm Bill achieve overwhelming support from Congress in the face of such widespread calls for reform?...In exchange for leaving support for… — Pietra Rivoli Copy Share Image
![“The movement really has evolved because their initial demands [such as factory codes of conduct and disclosure of supplier names and addresses] have virtually all been met. This recent idea of factory certification is building on what they got some time ago.” quote by Pietra Rivoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/594/pietra-rivoli-49028_addresses_the-movement-really-has-evolved-because_1088976.jpg)
