Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

Zakir Hossain Chowdhury is a visual journalist based in Bangladesh working with climate change, human rights, social issues, child labour, transgender and public health. Zakir has had work published in Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The New Humanitarian, The Wall Street Journal, Paris Match and more.

Twitter : @auni_auniket

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After Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza, Covid-19 once again exposes the human cost of fast fashion

26 February 2021

Labour

After Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza, Covid-19 once again exposes the human cost of fast fashion

Many Bangladeshi workers are more afraid of dying of hunger than they are of dying from Covid-19.Read the full article

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