After the Collapse - the Rana Plaza Legacy
More than a 1000 garment workers died and several thousand were injured in the collapse of the eight-storey factory in Dhaka. Have conditions in factories improved since then?
It is five months on from the collapse of the eight-storey factory complex in Dhaka, in which more than a 1000 garment workers died, and several thousand were seriously injured. Jane Deith reports from Dhaka on what has happened since.
How much medical and financial help have survivors and families of the dead received? And has the disaster been a βgame changerβ in forcing international brands who source cheap clothes in Bangladesh to take more responsibility for conditions within the factories they use.
(Image: Samsun Nahar with her daughter's photograph standing amongst rubble. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ copyright)
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