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SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Far from the boardrooms of fashion’s largest companies, there’s the daily grind of the factory floor in countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, where women make up around 80 percent of the workforce. Garment manufacturing is rarely represented as a career in Western media, but for women in these countries, that’s exactly what it is. And much like white-collar workers, women in garment factories often come up against a ceiling, which blocks them from advancing to more senior positions. This combined with poor working conditions, low confidence, and a lack of education about reproductive health and water safety is a recipe for a demoralised workforce, resulting in high turnover of staff, an expensive problem for factories and brands alike.
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