Brac, H&M Foundation, and The Asia Foundation have announced the six winners of the international competition titled ‘Stitch for RMG: Global Innovation Challenge.’

The global competition was launched October last year to promote improved livelihood opportunities for the women working at the export-oriented readymade garment factories in Bangladesh, promote gender equality at the factory floors and increase factory performance.

The six winning teams of the competition are: Agroshift, iSmart, Jyoti, Quizrr, Sustify and ToguMogu.

The awards for the winning teams come with grants up to $30,000 to pilot the solutions. The winners also will have opportunities for bootcamp training with mentors, incubators, and accelerators.

The competition started with a "concept round" in which 220 applications were received and 50 applications were shortlisted for video submissions in the ‘pitching round.’

A total of 12 teams won to move to the final round that organised a virtual marketplace, offering opportunities to partner with RMG factories. Through a tough competition the winning teams secured opportunities to incubate their projects in these factories that had volunteered to provide time, space, and other resources for the purpose, the press release added.

The "Stitch for RMG: Global Innovation Challenge" is part of the Stitch for RMG pilot project undertaken by BRAC, H&M Foundation and The Asia Foundation.

The goal of the project is to create an environment that advances welfare and livelihood of the women in ready-made garments sector of Bangladesh as well as boost Bangladesh's performance in the RMG industry.