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‘How Can We Live?’: For Garment Workers, It’s Worse Than the Pandemic

Rising living costs and increasingly precarious work are trapping the low-wage workers who power the fashion industry in a crushing squeeze, Sarah Kent reports from Dhaka.
A woman listens to speeches during a garment worker protest over unpaid wages in Dhaka.
A woman listens to speeches during a garment worker protest over unpaid wages in Dhaka. (Md Manik/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DHAKA, Bangladesh

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Sarah Kent
Sarah Kent

Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.

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