Cell phones to the rescue: garment workers finally speak up

When newly recruited garment workers receive their first pay, the first thing they buy for themselves - after contributing to family expenses - is a cell phone. It keeps them connected to friends and family and can even mean better job opportunities. Thus today, mobile phone penetration has reached more than 90 percent in developing countries. Reason enough for mobile phone providers to offer services that let garment workers use their cell phone to anonymously report issues like child labour, delayed wages, long work hours and trafficking.