What do life and labour look like inside a walled, largely inaccessible global clothing production site? How do garment workers navigate everyday routines between factories and dormitories in an environment controlled around the clock by their employers? And how does this labour regime shape workers’ mobility, health, and well-being?

Our report Threads of Life: Counter-Mapping Jordan’s Garment Labour Regime from Workers’ Perspectives offers intimate insights into the everyday experiences of labour in the global fashion industry. It builds on three years of ethnographic research, participatory mapping, and collaborative planning with workers. The report centres the stories, voices, and practices of predominantly women workers from Jordan, Syria, Bangladesh, and across South Asia, reinterpreting secluded global production sites from the perspective of those who are compelled to make a living within them.

Join us Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 6pm at mmag Foundation (Jebel Amman) for the launch of the report, followed by a roundtable discussion with Dr. Jalal Al-Husseini (IFPO), Dr. Oroub El Abed (Birzeit University), and Dr. Ohoud Kamal (Madaba University), and an informal discussion and reception on the mmag terrace.