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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Annie Kelly

H&M pledges to end shopfloor sexual violence in India after worker killed

A protest outside an H&M store in London last year, with five women holding placards, one of which reads 'Justice for Jeyasre'.
A protest in London last year after the murder of Jeyasre Kathiravel, a Dalit woman who was allegedly sexual harassed while working for an H&M supplier in India. Photograph: Jess Hurd

H&M has signed a legally binding agreement to end sexual violence and harassment against women workers at one of its largest Indian suppliers, following the murder of a young garment worker by her supervisor last year.

In January 2021, Jeyasre Kathiravel, a 20-year-old Dalit woman, was found dead on farmland near her family home after finishing a shift at Natchi Apparel, a factory making clothes for H&M in Kaithian Kottai, Tamil Nadu.

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