For more than a decade, Sampa Akter worked 12 hours a day at a garment factory in Bangladesh’s capital, sewing denim jeans destined for shopping malls around the world. Earning $95 a month, she’s been able to support her disabled brother, her sister and their parents.
Garment workers were deemed essential employees during Bangladesh’s lockdown and some resumed work in Dhaka last month.(Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Garment workers were deemed essential employees during Bangladesh’s lockdown and some resumed work in Dhaka last month.(Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)BANGLADESH’S STRUGGLING GARMENT WORKERS, HUNGER IS A BIGGER WORRY THAN THE PANDEMIC