Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
WNN MDG Stories (WNN/IRIN) Dhaka, BANGLADESH: Even after working 12 hours a day six days a week in toxic factory conditions rolling cigarettes in Bangladesh – followed by more cigarette rolling work at home – Shahnaz Begum, a 30-year-old mother of two, still cannot afford to feed her family. “With the rising food prices, I [...]
WNN MDG Stories (WNN/CARE) Dhaka, BANGLADESH: Once prohibited from leaving her home without a male escort, Bangladesh native Rina Begum blossomed into a member of three school committees as she became the leader of something in Bangladesh known as an EKATA group that, among other things, stopped four child marriages. “This room was not the [...]
Bijoyeta Das – Women News Network – WNN MDG Stories After violent protests last year the Bangladeshi government nearly doubled the standard minimum wage for garment workers. The minimum wage is now $43 a month but even with this increase Bangladesh still has the lowest garment wages in the world. With a population of 150 [...]
