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Meet the women who make your clothes

Stories

Meet the women who make your clothes

Bangladesh: Rumi Akter is working as garment workers for three years now. Her target is 1440 pieces in 8 hours. With overtime she gets 10000 taka which is not enough for her living in Asulia. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam

Rumi

Rumi works up to 56 hours a week and is only paid around $2.50 an hour. She dreams of one day finding a good job and starting a family.

Meet Rumi

47 years old Ajirun Begum is a Rana Plaza Survivors. She is unable to come out from the fear of that incident and her health condition has degraded ever since the accident. When she worked at Rana Plaza, her fixed salary was 4500 Taka. For last ten years she is on pain medicines and has no income. Savar, Bangladesh Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam

Ajirun

Ajirun survived the Rana Plaza collapse and now lives with chronic injuries. Ajirun hopes accidents like Rana Plaza never happen again.

Meet Ajirun