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The BoF Podcast: Activist Kalpona Akter on Improving the Lives of Bangladeshi Garment Workers

 Speaking at BoF VOICES, Kalpona Akter, the founder of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity outlines her campaign to establish fairer, safer working conditions across the garment industry.

29 years on, Akter is the founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, pushing for fundamental changes to the working conditions of those in garment factories.

Bangladesh is the world's second-biggest producer of clothes, but the plight of garment workers only captured global attention with the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in 2013. In the wake of the disaster, which killed 1,138 people, hundreds of corporations signed a legally binding fire and building safety accord that covered more than 1,600 factories across Bangladesh. But workers remain at risk in Bangladesh, with thousands taking to the streets earlier this year to protest wage levels, and the safety accord at risk of losing its right to operate in the country.

Herausgeber*in/Autor*in: BoF – The Business of Fashion

Medienart: Podcast

Erscheinungsjahr: 2019

Zielgruppe: Schüler*innen Sek I/II, Berufsschule

Sprache: Englisch

Umfang: ca. 17 Minuten
Bezug:kostenfrei zum Download

Suchbegriffe: Arbeitsbedingungen, Gewerkschaften, Lieferkette, soziale Verantwortung