IT Freelancing Grows in Bangladesh
Voice of America April 1, 2016 DHAKA – Sultana Parvin is a mother of two living in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. She is petite, soft-spoken and wears a colorful headscarf. She […]
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Death threats fail to stop mission to save bonded labourers in Pakistan
Financial Times September 15, 2015 In the middle of the night, Syeda Ghulam Fatima drove to a brick kiln near Lahore and ushered a family of bonded labourers into her […]
Micro-insurance offers families in poorer countries protection from destitution
The Guardian September 1, 2015 As day labourers in India’s Maharashtra state, Ayesha Begam and her husband couldn’t afford healthcare, and did not have access to doctors and hospitals. GO […]
Exporting Clothes, Importing Safety
Roads and Kingdoms In an unprecedented campaign, thousands of Bangladesh’s garment factories are struggling to become safe places to work GO TO ARTICLE At a garment factory on the outskirts […]
Q&A: Why Microfinance Loans Have Such High Rates — and More
Wall Street Journal August 11, 2015 GO TO ARTICLE In recent years, microfinance—distributing small loans to the poor—has been at the center of an intense debate about the ethics of […]
Bangladesh Remembers Survivors of Rana Plaza Disaster
Voice of America June 15, 2015 DHAKA—In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh’s capital city collapsed, killing 1,100 garment workers. More than 2,500 were injured. As survivors struggle […]
Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk?
The Nation May 22, 2015 Dhaka—In the early morning, crowds of women in bright salwar kameez move like a colorful wave through the streets of Dhaka. They are garment workers […]
2 Years After Garment Factory Collapse, Are Workers Any Safer?
NPR (National Public Radio) April 24, 2015 Dhaka– Beneath a gray sky, rainwater had collected in a hole in the ground where Rana Plaza once stood, creating a small, murky […]
Two years after Bangladesh factory collapse, a struggle to set things right
Washington Post April 23, 2015 DHAKA, Bangladesh — The thrum of needles filled the expansive factory floor as machines embroidered small hearts on thousands of pieces of fabric. Piles of […]
Efforts Underway to Make Bangladesh Garment Factories Safer
Voice of America April 23, 2015 DHAKA—Two years ago in Bangladesh the collapse of Rana Plaza killed more than 1,100 garment factory workers in the world’s deadliest garment industry disaster. […]
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