Uzbekistan's cotton industry rebounds after boycott

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Uzbekistan's cotton industry has experienced a resurgence since an international boycott came to an end, witnessing growth and a shift to quality textiles

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01:24 We activists monitor the cotton fields every year,

01:28 and the government acknowledged it as a problem.

01:31 They raised public awareness, and there was also publicity on social media, TV.

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01:44 Every year, with ILO, we carried out a third-party monitoring of the harvest in the fields,

01:50 but also through phone calls and interviews.

01:53 The last one in 2021 reached out 11,000 respondents all across Uzbekistan

02:00 and concluded that the evidence was that forced labor had been eliminated.

02:06 The wages of cotton pickers went up dramatically.

02:11 Investments went up, and currently Uzbekistan has regained status for export.

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