What is Megaphone?

We believe that youth has the power to create change. As a student-led non-governmental organization, Megaphone uses poetry, education, and storytelling to amplify voices and address social issues across communities and borders. Our work explores issues including educational inequality, women’s empowerment, and labor rights, while creating opportunities for young people to share their perspectives and advocate for change. Through writing and collaboration, Megaphone connects students and communities, challenges barriers to opportunity and equality, and empowers the next generation to make their voices heard.

2.5 Million

children in Kenya are

out of school.

1 IN 3 women

worldwide experience physical and/or sexual violence.

15%

of working-age adults live with a mental disorder in a factory environment.

The gaps are real.

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Field Notes

New reports, updates, and opinions are published every week, bringing fresh perspectives from the field.

Behind Every Price Tag

This week’s Field Notes made me look at clothing differently. A T-shirt may appear to be a simple product, but behind its price tag is a global chain of decisions about who sets the price, who takes the risk, who does the work, and who has the power to demand change. The Worker Rights Consortium shows that global brands often hold the greatest influence over prices, deadlines, and production volumes, while factories compete to secure orders. That pressure does not disap

Katie Kim

2일 전

Who Gets to Lead the Factory Floor?

Bangladesh’s garment industry depends heavily on women, yet the people making clothes and the people managing production have historically not had equal access to power. Better Work’s Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR) program offers an interesting example of how that imbalance can change. An assessment of the program found that more than two-thirds of women who completed GEAR training were promoted to supervisory positions, while their salaries increased by roughly 40%

Katie Kim

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Can Better Factories and Better Business Exist Together?

Criticizing global supply chains is necessary, but it raises another question: can they actually improve? Better Work, a joint ILO–IFC program, offers evidence that change is possible, but also shows how difficult it is. The garment sector employed about 65 million people across Asia and the Pacific in 2023, with women making up 55% of the workforce. Better Work evaluates factories in countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Viet Nam, tracking labor stan

Katie Kim

2일 전