Bangladeshi women find hardship, but also freedom, in sewing clothes
By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
Employees sew side seams of women's blouses eight hours a day, six days a week at Beauty Garments Ltd. in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Kenneth R. Weiss/Los Angeles Times/MCT
Bangladesh is located in South Asia, bordered by India in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east and west, while Myanmar surrounds it to the south. Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world.
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