• Nilufar Yesmin, 36, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar. Nilufar, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
    Nilufar Yesmin, 36, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar. Nilufar, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
  • Salma, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar. Salma, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
    Salma, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar. Salma, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
  • Jotsna Akhter Ripa, 17, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar April 21, 2014. Ripa, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
    Jotsna Akhter Ripa, 17, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, sits inside her slum house in Savar April 21, 2014. Ripa, who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year, says she has not received any compensation.
  • Jesmine Akhter, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, stands in front of her slum house with her daughter Zarin, in Savar. Akhter is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year.
    Jesmine Akhter, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, stands in front of her slum house with her daughter Zarin, in Savar. Akhter is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year.
  • Khodeja, 25, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, stands in front of her slum house in Savar. Khodeja who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year.
    Khodeja, 25, who was rescued from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, stands in front of her slum house in Savar. Khodeja who is unable to work due to a spinal injury sustained from the accident last year.

These women know the real price of cheap high street fashion

Mark Asquith

April 23, 2014

  • English
  • Arabic

Survivors of the world’s worst garment factory accident, struggle to rebuild their lives from the rubble of the Rana Plaza collapse as Bangladesh prepares to mark the first anniversary of the disaster that killed more than 1,100 people. Survivors of the tragedy are still haunted by the memories of the fateful day. The efforts to compensate victims and inspect factories remain frustratingly slow and erratic.

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