BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0001-0005 “Poverty was the main reason why my sister and I came to work in the RMG sector” Esmotara (27) says as she poses for a portrait at the Awaj Foundation office in Savar, Bangladesh. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0001-0005 “Poverty was the main reason why my sister and I came to work in the RMG sector” Esmotara (27) says as she poses for a portrait at the Awaj Foundation office in Savar, Bangladesh. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0001-0005 “Poverty was the main reason why my sister and I came to work in the RMG sector” Esmotara (27) says as she poses for a portrait at the Awaj Foundation office in Savar, Bangladesh. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0001-0005 “Poverty was the main reason why my sister and I came to work in the RMG sector” Esmotara (27) says as she poses for a portrait at the Awaj Foundation office in Savar, Bangladesh. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0001-0005 “Poverty was the main reason why my sister and I came to work in the RMG sector” Esmotara (27) says as she poses for a portrait at the Awaj Foundation office in Savar, Bangladesh. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0006-0009 “When we work with the machines inside the factory we do not differentiate ourselves as men and women. We feel like we are all working together as a family.” Esmotara (27) says as she sits at her station in the garments factory where she works. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0006-0009 “When we work with the machines inside the factory we do not differentiate ourselves as men and women. We feel like we are all working together as a family.” Esmotara (27) says as she sits at her station in the garments factory where she works. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0006-0009 “When we work with the machines inside the factory we do not differentiate ourselves as men and women. We feel like we are all working together as a family.” Esmotara (27) says as she sits at her station in the garments factory where she works. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0006-0009 “When we work with the machines inside the factory we do not differentiate ourselves as men and women. We feel like we are all working together as a family.” Esmotara (27) says as she sits at her station in the garments factory where she works. She is the union leader for a small garments factory in Bangladesh, fighting for the rights of workers. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-IsmatAra-0010 “Most of the senior officials and supervisors in the factory are men. So most of the time they don’t understand the problems a woman faces day to day.” Esmotara (27). She is speaking to a manager of the factory where she is a union leader. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-EsmatAra-0011-0012 “I wanted to prevent verbal abuse of the employees at my workplace, which is a common scenario in other garments factories.” Esmotara (27) says as she poses inside the factory where she works as a union leader. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

BD-RMG-EsmatAra-0011-0012 “I wanted to prevent verbal abuse of the employees at my workplace, which is a common scenario in other garments factories.” Esmotara (27) says as she poses inside the factory where she works as a union leader. E.P.Z. Road, Ashulia, Dhaka-1349. Bangladesh. Photo Credit: b.a.sujaN / Plan International / Map Photo Agency, Dhaka, Bangladesh.