Bangladesh

But these water disasters are also posing a more insidious threat to the Bangladeshi people: arsenic contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Around 49 per cent of the country\u2019s <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//21//hundreds-of-millions-of-children-at-risk-from-inadequate-or-unsafe-drinking-water/">drinking well water - which almost everyone drinks - has unsafe limits of carcinogenic arsenic.<\/p>\n<p>And a new study has found that the climate crisis is making the situation worse - pointing to a looming public health crisis in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8159282,8171382\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//09//bottled-water-contains-100-times-more-plastic-nanoparticles-than-previously-thought/">Bottled water contains 100 times more plastic nanoparticles than previously thought<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//15//i-am-more-worried-than-ever-scientists-explain-why-record-shattering-2023-heat-has-them-on/">/u2018I am more worried than ever\u2019: Scientists explain why record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIssues such as arsenic and climate change is inflaming an already dire situation in Bangladesh,\u201d Md Tahmidul Islam, technical lead at WaterAid Bangladesh, tells Euronews Green.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//16//tropical-cyclone-belal-human-caused-climate-change-is-increasing-storm-intensity-in-indian/">Cyclones, floods, parching heat are all intensifying, tearing up homes, toilets, roads, farmland. With clean water always the first thing to go, this reality is leaving almost 26 million people being exposed to saline water and struggling to survive.<\/p>\n<h2>Why are Bangladeshis drinking water poisoned with arsenic?<\/h2><p>Arsenic is naturally present at high levels in the groundwater of a number of countries, including <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//29//views-from-the-global-south-how-to-decolonise-the-climate-crisis/">Bangladesh, Argentina, Cambodia, Chile, China, India, Mexico, Pakistan, the US and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s problem with the toxic contaminant dates back to the 1970s, when there was a concerted effort to move the population away from drinking polluted surface water in which waterborne diseases spread.<\/p>\n<p>The government, UN aid agencies and NGOS installed around 10 million drinking water wells in the country, which succeeded in lowering the devastatingly high rate of child deaths.<\/p>\n<p>But by the 1990s it became clear that the water drawn from sedimentary rocks contained high levels of inorganic arsenic. Around 97 per cent of Bangladesh\u2019s 165 million strong population still drink well water, however.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668615984405458\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//18//07//44//808x539_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg/" alt=\"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/384x256_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/640x427_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/750x500_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/828x552_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1080x720_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1200x800_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">A.M. Ahad\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Almost half of Bangladesh&#039;s area has drinking well water with arsenic concentrations that exceed the 10 micrograms per litre (\u03bcg\/L) guideline from WHO, a team of scientists found in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////ehp.niehs.nih.gov//doi//10.1289//ehp.021101147/">2002./n

Chronic arsenic poisoning can cause skin lesions on people\u2019s palms and feet. Internally, the buildup of arsenic in their organs causes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//28//10-of-cancer-cases-in-europe-due-to-pollution-says-groundbreaking-new-study/">cancer. It has also been associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and detrimental cognitive development impacts in those exposed from a young age.<\/p>\n<p>The lead author of the previous study, Dr Seth Frisbie of Norwich University in the US, has led a new investigation - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////journals.plos.org//plosone//article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0295172#pone.0295172.ref011\"><strong>published<\/strong><\/a> in the journal PLOS ONE yesterday - to see what impact climate change is having on this already severely compromised water source.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6905128,7315072\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//04//rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds/">Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to \u2018forever chemicals\u2019, study finds<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//19//running-out-of-water-is-one-of-the-biggest-risks-facing-the-world-what-can-we-do-about-it/">Running out of water is one of the biggest risks facing the world. What can we do about it? <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How is climate change making arsenic poisoning worse?<\/h2><p>Increased amounts of arsenic are directly tied to rising sea levels and more severe flooding, the scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>Frisbie\u2019s team collected <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//10//13//swiss-drinking-water-is-contaminated-with-forever-chemicals-research-shows/">drinking well water samples across all of Bangladesh, testing their arsenic concentration as well as dissolved oxygen concentration and other elements.<\/p>\n<p>They found that the concentration of arsenic increases as the concentration of dissolved oxygen decreases - a phenomenon that can be caused by rising sea levels.<\/p>\n<p>Two chemical processes known as \u2018reduction\u2019 and \u2018the salt effect\u2019 mean that more arsenic is leaching from the sediment as saltwater encroaches into the aquifer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increased exposure to arsenic is expected to increase the rates of death and disease from chronic arsenic poisoning,\u201d Frisbie writes in the study.<\/p>\n<p>This unfolding crisis is not limited to Bangladesh, Frisbie told UK paper The Independent. \u201cThe same chemical processes from rising sea levels that release arsenic from sediments into Bangladesh\u2019s drinking well water will also very likely release arsenic from sediments into West Bengal\u2019s drinking well water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scientists called for a quicker roll out of solutions like water purification technologies and infrastructure to prevent groundwater contamination, the paper reports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8171602\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//12//30//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Electric wallpaper and carbon-sequestering cows: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cGroundwater could be the world\u2019s insurance policy against climate change and save millions of lives. But investment in responsible groundwater development, such as better mapping and monitoring of the earth\u2019s subsurface to determine where good-quality groundwater is available and extractable, is needed urgently so everyone has clean water nearby,\u201d\u00a0comments <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//11//09//during-the-two-weeks-of-cop26-women-will-miss-out-on-2-5-million-working-days-while-fetchi/">WaterAid/u2019s Md Tahmidul Islam.<\/p>\n<p>The charity is calling on world leaders to invest in clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene to work with communities to introduce context-specific technologies. These include rainwater harvesting systems, reverse osmosis plants, climate resilient toilet blocks and faecal sludge treatment plants to secure life-saving water and sanitation for communities living on the climate frontline.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1705587357,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1705597205,"firstPublishedAt":1705588759,"lastPublishedAt":1705597207,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_128862de-d919-5c9f-9076-8a45c1b92a1b-8180744.jpg","altText":"Climate-driven sea level rise and flooding is increasing arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, scientists find.","caption":"Climate-driven sea level rise and flooding is increasing arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, scientists find.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/18\/07\/44\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7781915b-a832-57be-ae4f-228737a801e0-8180744.jpg","altText":"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.","caption":"A woman walks back after collecting drinking water from a tubewell on the outskirts of Dhaka, 2016.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"A.M. 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France Bangladesh","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"France and Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"France and Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology","titleListing2":"French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.","leadin":"French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.","summary":"French President Emmanuel Macron is on a two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.","keySentence":"","url":"france-and-bangladesh-sign-deal-to-provide-loans-satellite-technology","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2023\/09\/11\/france-and-bangladesh-sign-deal-to-provide-loans-satellite-technology","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"France's President Emmanuel Macron has overseen the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system. \n\nThis came on Monday during Macron's two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries. \n\nBangladesh\u2019s Economic Relations Division signed the agreement with the French Development Agency. \n\nA letter of intent was also signed to provide Bangladesh with an earth observation satellite system through cooperation between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, or BSCL, and Airbus Defence and Space SAS, France. \n\nMacron and Hasina witnessed the deals signed at the prime minister\u2019s office. \n\nDetails remained unclear, with Bangladesh authorities saying they are still ironing out the details. \n\n\"The satellite that we will buy will travel through the orbit around 350 miles above the earth,\"\u00a0Shahjahan Mahmud, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd, was quoted as saying. \"This will be used mainly to observe the status of our crops and the sea. Currently, we don\u2019t have any monitoring capabilities across the vast sea.\" \n\nBangladesh bought its first geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite, named Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and launched in 2018, from France where it was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space. \n\nBangladeshi media positively reported Macron's visit, with many seeing it as a step to bring in investments from France in sectors where the United States, China and India are heavily engaged. Some even said the visit may have a political and strategic significance ahead of Bangladesh\u2019s next general election expected in early January. \n\nFrance is Bangladesh's fifth-largest trading partner in the fields of engineering, energy, aerospace and water sectors. \n\n\"We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,\" Hasina said. \n\nHasina said both the leaders agreed to continue to work to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific region as well as on projects involving impacts of climate change as Bangladesh is considered to be one of the worst victims of change of weather. \n\nShe said that France has reiterated its commitment to facilitate trade with the South Asian nation under the European Union's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme, which gives developing countries incentives to pursue sustainable development and good governance. \n\nExperts say once Bangladesh joins the GSP+ scheme, it may lose some benefits it enjoys under the World Trade Organization\u2019s protocol as a least developed country, as it may be fully upgraded into a developing nation status. \n\nBangladesh has long been buying aircraft from US company Boeing, but recently the government has signed an agreement with Airbus in which France has a major stake. \n\nLooming election \n\nHasina has been under pressure lately with her seeking a fourth consecutive term as prime minister. \n\nBangladesh's main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has threatened to boycott the election if Hasina does not resign and hand over power to a caretaker government to oversee the next election. Zia's party accused her of vote rigging in 2018. \n\nThe US has been pushing for a credible election and raised questions about human rights under Hasina's rule, threatening to impose visa sanctions if the next election isn't free and fair. \n\nRussia and China have pledged continued support to Hasina while neighboring India has maintained a cordial relationship with her. \n\nApart from investment and other partnerships with France, Marcon's visit is seen as a boost for Hasina in the run-up to the election. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>France&#039;s President Emmanuel Macron has overseen the signature of a deal to facilitate loans to Bangladesh aimed at infrastructure development, as well as a letter of intent to provide the South Asian country with an earth observation satellite system.<\/p>\n<p>This came on Monday during Macron&#039;s two-day visit to Bangladesh\u2019s capital, Dhaka, where he met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to bolster bilateral relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh\u2019s Economic Relations Division signed the agreement with the French Development Agency.<\/p>\n<p>A letter of intent was also signed to provide Bangladesh with an earth observation satellite system through cooperation between Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited, or BSCL, and Airbus Defence and Space SAS, France.<\/p>\n<p>Macron and Hasina witnessed the deals signed at the prime minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Details remained unclear, with Bangladesh authorities saying they are still ironing out the details.<\/p>\n<p>\"The satellite that we will buy will travel through the orbit around 350 miles above the earth,\"\u00a0Shahjahan Mahmud, chairman of the state-run Bangladesh Satellite Company Ltd, was quoted as saying. \"This will be used mainly to observe the status of our crops and the sea. Currently, we don\u2019t have any monitoring capabilities across the vast sea.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7885734,7880812,7880132\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2023//09//08//us-to-crack-down-on-1600-millionaires-and-claw-back-millions-of-dollars-in-taxes/">US to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and claw back millions of dollars in taxes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2023//09//11//bmw-to-invest-600-million-in-uk-electric-mini-plant/">BMW to invest \u00a3600 million in UK electric Mini plant<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//09//08//france-will-launch-a-49-rail-pass-after-the-success-of-the-deutschlandticket/">France will launch a \u20ac49 rail pass after the success of the \u2018Deutschlandticket\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh bought its first geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite, named Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and launched in 2018, from France where it was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladeshi media positively reported Macron&#039;s visit, with many seeing it as a step to bring in investments from France in sectors where the United States, China and India are heavily engaged. Some even said the visit may have a political and strategic significance ahead of Bangladesh\u2019s next general election expected in early January.<\/p>\n<p>France is Bangladesh&#039;s fifth-largest trading partner in the fields of engineering, energy, aerospace and water sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\"We both hope that this new strategic move between Bangladesh and France will play an effective role in establishing regional and global stability and peace,\" Hasina said.<\/p>\n<p>Hasina said both the leaders agreed to continue to work to ensure stability in the Asia-Pacific region as well as on projects involving impacts of climate change as Bangladesh is considered to be one of the worst victims of change of weather.<\/p>\n<p>She said that France has reiterated its commitment to facilitate trade with the South Asian nation under the European Union&#039;s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme, which gives developing countries incentives to pursue sustainable development and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say once Bangladesh joins the GSP+ scheme, it may lose some benefits it enjoys under the World Trade Organization\u2019s protocol as a least developed country, as it may be fully upgraded into a developing nation status.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh has long been buying aircraft from US company Boeing, but recently the government has signed an agreement with Airbus in which France has a major stake.<\/p>\n<h2>Looming election<\/h2><p>Hasina has been under pressure lately with her seeking a fourth consecutive term as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh&#039;s main opposition party, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has threatened to boycott the election if Hasina does not resign and hand over power to a caretaker government to oversee the next election. Zia&#039;s party accused her of vote rigging in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The US has been pushing for a credible election and raised questions about human rights under Hasina&#039;s rule, threatening to impose visa sanctions if the next election isn&#039;t free and fair.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and China have pledged continued support to Hasina while neighboring India has maintained a cordial relationship with her.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from investment and other partnerships with France, Marcon&#039;s visit is seen as a boost for Hasina in the run-up to the election.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1694428684,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1694429554,"firstPublishedAt":1694429556,"lastPublishedAt":1694429556,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/88\/64\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_76e732bc-68f8-5006-9617-3cad3c7ea8f0-7886454.jpg","altText":"Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed, left, is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee 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","leadin":"As part of our continuing coverage of Women's History Month, we spoke to Nadia Samdani, co-founder of Dhaka Art Summit biennially in Bangladesh, a country grappling with a climate emergency.","summary":"As part of our continuing coverage of Women's History Month, we spoke to Nadia Samdani, co-founder of Dhaka Art Summit biennially in Bangladesh, a country grappling with a climate emergency.","keySentence":"","url":"meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/03\/25\/meet-the-woman-behind-south-asias-largest-art-summit","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In a country grappling with a climate emergency, Nadia Samdani is using art to tell the story of hope in times of crisis. Her Dhaka Art Summit is the world's largest research and exhibition platform for art from South Asia and is held biennially in Bangladesh which is celebrating its national day of independence on March 26.\u00a0 \n\nTogether with her husband and business partner, Samdani founded the Samdani Arts Foundation in 2011\u00a0to bring international exposure to the work of contemporary artists and architects from Bangladesh and South Asia.\u00a0 \n\nIn 2017, the art patrons became the first South Asians to receive the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award which pays tribute to individuals who work behind the scenes to advance arts and culture. \n\nLast month the power couple celebrated the sixth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit which showcased the work of 120 artists and was attended by 572,000 visitors over the course of its nine-day (free-to-visit) run. Most of the works - by local and international artists - focused on re-imagining a hopeful future inspired by the Bangladeshi experience of climate change and the country\u2019s resilience, found both in its nature and its population. \n\nThe sixth Dhaka Art Summit\u00a0 \n\nWhen it comes to the climate emergency, Bangladesh is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries \u2013 it is regularly hit by increasingly powerful cyclones and flooding, while rising sea levels pose nothing short of an existential crisis. It is even estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. With these realities in mind, you\u2019d think that an art show on climate in the country\u2019s capital would be characterized by gloom and despair. Not so. \n\nHow do you tell the story of crises while facilitating hope? This was one of the key questions posed at this year's Dhaka Art Summit held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cIn a world that is increasingly divided, art shows us the incredible things that humanity can create \u2013 and this brings needed hope to the world,\u201d said Samdani. \n\nThe duality of crisis and hope was manifested in the DAS 2023\u2019s subtitle, Bonna (meaning \u201cflood\u201d in Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh). \n\nSo, what is Bonna? \n\nIn Bangladesh where Bonna is also a common girls\u2019 name, floods are not always synonymous with disaster, but could also denote promise. During the Bengali New Year, Bangladeshi people sing a popular song, Esho He Boishakh (I call on you), calling forth storm waters to wash away the ugliness of the past year. After all, as Chief Curator Diana Campbell told Euronews Culture. \u201cAnother way the word, \u2018flood\u2019, is used is floods of joy, floods of emotion.\u201d With this viewpoint, DAS 2023 invoked visitors to interpret Bonna as a complex symbol-system. \n\nSo, too, Bonna is a child, speaking to the world from Bangladesh, questioning why the words for weather are gendered and imploring the international community to explore the connection between gender, climate change, and the built environment. Her lived experience of climate change and the unbridled potential to create change underpinned the entire program, but were particularly vivid in the summit\u2019s headline exhibition, Very Small Feelings, a collaboration between DAS and India\u2019s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art which gathered together stories, rituals and characters from across South Asia. \n\nAmong the many manifestations of Bonna was Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts\u2019s enchanting performance showing Bangladeshi children imagining the character of Bonna via puppetry. Similarly, local artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur\u2019s participatory performance and space, titled Home, was an invitation to join the artist in searching for the smells, places and sensations of her childhood, while engaging in conversation about one\u2019s own memories. After all, what better way to evoke childlike wonder than by fusing an art show with the playground? Certain works were viewed by jumping on mini trampolines or sitting on swings, infusing the exhibition experience with a sense of playfulness. \n\nAttention seeking art \n\nAmong the first works to greet visitors was Joydeb Roaja\u2019s immersive installation, Submerged Dream 8. It showcased the struggle of the over 100,000 indigenous Chakma people who were evicted from their ancestral land in 1962 upon the construction of the Kaptai dam. Roaja\u2019s work portrayed dams and flooding as tools of violence against indigenous peoples. It also spoke to the unbreakable bond between indigenous communities and their lands \u2013 a weapon of resistance against oppression. \n\nAlthough the \u201cA\u201d in DAS stands for art, the DAS 2023 displayed the work of architects as well. Found at the intersection of art and architecture, Suchi Reddy\u2019s Between Earth and Sky set up a series of \u201cmirages\u201d that blurred the lines between physical constructed spaces and imagination, allowing the mind to run free to explore limitless architectural possibilities. Reddy termed this as \u201cdesign justice\u201d, where empathy and equity are reflected in the built environment. \n\nAnother architect, Rizvi Hassan, interpreted Bonna differently. Using miniature models made of regenerative materials like bamboo and thatch, he replicated the refugee camps around Cox\u2019s Bazaar in Bangladesh where floods of Rohingya refugees seek shelter. For him, architecture has the propensity \u201cto mitigate conflicts, to enrich the ground, or just to ensure the basic but very important needs to have a better quality of life\u201d. \n\nAmong the most world-renowned artists taking part at DAS 2023 was Antony Gormley who returned to South Asia for the first time in 50 years for this summit. He worked with local craftspeople to create Turn: a \u201cdrawing in space\u201d of 2.5 km of bamboo, exuding energy as it resisted containment by the building. \n\nRather than the \u201cnational and individual competitiveness\u201d that Gormley believes art biennales encourage, DAS is a place of dialogue, where the ideas behind an artwork \u2013 on climate change or other questions \u2013 and the conversation they give rise to, are equally as important as the works themselves. \n\n\u201cAt DAS, I sense that the acquisitiveness of the art fair has been replaced by another kind of exchange where the spirit of making art, rather than showing off a finished work, becomes the most valuable thing to be shared,\u201d he told Euronews Culture.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a country grappling with a climate emergency, Nadia Samdani is using art to tell the story of hope in times of crisis. Her Dhaka Art Summit is the world&#039;s largest research and exhibition platform for art from South Asia and is held biennially in Bangladesh which is celebrating its national day of independence on March 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Together with her husband and business partner, Samdani founded the Samdani Arts Foundation in 2011\u00a0to bring international exposure to the work of contemporary artists and architects from Bangladesh and South Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the art patrons became the first South Asians to receive the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award which pays tribute to individuals who work behind the scenes to advance arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>Last month the power couple celebrated the sixth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit which showcased the work of 120 artists and was attended by 572,000 visitors over the course of its nine-day (free-to-visit) run. Most of the works - by local and international artists - focused on re-imagining a hopeful future inspired by the Bangladeshi experience of climate change and the country\u2019s resilience, found both in its nature and its population.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6177083333333333\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//44//69//88//808x499_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg/" alt=\"Peter Mallet\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/384x237_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/640x395_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/750x463_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/828x511_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1080x667_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1200x741_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1920x1186_cmsv2_d05b972d-785b-543f-8b06-043429299771-7446988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Nadia Samdani with husband and business partner, Rajeeb Samdani, at DAS 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Peter Mallet<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The sixth Dhaka Art Summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the climate emergency, Bangladesh is one of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries \u2013 it is regularly hit by increasingly powerful cyclones and flooding, while rising sea levels pose nothing short of an existential crisis. It is even estimated that by 2050, one in every seven people in Bangladesh will be displaced by climate change. With these realities in mind, you\u2019d think that an art show on climate in the country\u2019s capital would be characterized by gloom and despair. Not so.<\/p>\n<p>How do you tell the story of crises while facilitating hope? This was one of the key questions posed at this year&#039;s Dhaka Art Summit held at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a world that is increasingly divided, art shows us the incredible things that humanity can create \u2013 and this brings needed hope to the world,\u201d said Samdani.<\/p>\n<p>The duality of crisis and hope was manifested in the DAS 2023\u2019s subtitle, Bonna (meaning \u201cflood\u201d in Bengali, the national language of Bangladesh).<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what is Bonna?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Bangladesh where Bonna is also a common girls\u2019 name, floods are not always synonymous with disaster, but could also denote promise. During the Bengali New Year, Bangladeshi people sing a popular song, Esho He Boishakh (I call on you), calling forth storm waters to wash away the ugliness of the past year. After all, as Chief Curator Diana Campbell told Euronews Culture. \u201cAnother way the word, \u2018flood\u2019, is used is floods of joy, floods of emotion.\u201d With this viewpoint, DAS 2023 invoked visitors to interpret Bonna as a complex symbol-system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//44//69//88//808x539_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg/" alt=\"Dhaka Art Summit 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/44\/69\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_639f22a7-4e81-5c2b-9402-d90050096a34-7446988.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Performance by Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dhaka Art Summit 2023<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So, too, Bonna is a child, speaking to the world from Bangladesh, questioning why the words for weather are gendered and imploring the international community to explore the connection between gender, climate change, and the built environment. Her lived experience of climate change and the unbridled potential to create change underpinned the entire program, but were particularly vivid in the summit\u2019s headline exhibition, Very Small Feelings, a collaboration between DAS and India\u2019s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art which gathered together stories, rituals and characters from across South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many manifestations of Bonna was Gidree Bawlee Foundation for the Arts\u2019s enchanting performance showing Bangladeshi children imagining the character of Bonna via puppetry. Similarly, local artist Yasmin Jahan Nupur\u2019s participatory performance and space, titled Home, was an invitation to join the artist in searching for the smells, places and sensations of her childhood, while engaging in conversation about one\u2019s own memories. After all, what better way to evoke childlike wonder than by fusing an art show with the playground? Certain works were viewed by jumping on mini trampolines or sitting on swings, infusing the exhibition experience with a sense of playfulness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attention seeking art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the first works to greet visitors was Joydeb Roaja\u2019s immersive installation, Submerged Dream 8. It showcased the struggle of the over 100,000 indigenous Chakma people who were evicted from their ancestral land in 1962 upon the construction of the Kaptai dam. Roaja\u2019s work portrayed dams and flooding as tools of violence against indigenous peoples. 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Found at the intersection of art and architecture, Suchi Reddy\u2019s Between Earth and Sky set up a series of \u201cmirages\u201d that blurred the lines between physical constructed spaces and imagination, allowing the mind to run free to explore limitless architectural possibilities. Reddy termed this as \u201cdesign justice\u201d, where empathy and equity are reflected in the built environment.<\/p>\n<p>Another architect, Rizvi Hassan, interpreted Bonna differently. Using miniature models made of regenerative materials like bamboo and thatch, he replicated the refugee camps around Cox\u2019s Bazaar in Bangladesh where floods of Rohingya refugees seek shelter. 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In Bangladesh, this figure was considerably higher at 16.3 per cent. \n\nAnxiety levels in the country were also higher (6 per cent) compared to the rest of the world (3.6 per cent). \n\nResearchers say the findings of the study could be used to narrow down the wider effect of climate change on mental health. \n\n\u201cAs climate change worsens, temperatures and humidity will continue to increase, as will natural disasters, such as extreme flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health, globally,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, an assistant professor in the department of global health at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Health. \n\nHeat and humidity have an alarming effect on mental health \n\nThe study measured climate variables at 43 weather stations in Bangladesh for seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, as well as noting where people were exposed to flooding. \n\nTwo surveys were then conducted in rural and urban areas to assess depression and anxiety in adults. \n\nIt revealed that heat, humidity and climate-related events had an alarming effect on the mental health of the respondents. \n\nPeople experiencing one degree Celsius higher temperatures were found to be 21 per cent more likely to have an anxiety disorder. They were also 24 per cent more likely to have both depression and anxiety together. \n\nThe study also found a link between increased humidity in the air and a higher chance of the participants reporting both depression and anxiety. \n\nExposure to worsening flooding linked to climate change increased the odds of poor mental health. Depression increased by 31 per cent, anxiety by 69 per cent and the presence of both conditions by 87 per cent. \n\nIs the study a warning for other nations? \n\nResearchers say the study isn\u2019t enough to see the impact of major climate change but it does show how even small changes in weather linked to climate change can affect mental health . \n\nWahid says they now plan to conduct further research in Bangladesh and globally to \u201cnarrow down the causes and effects of climate changes on mental health.\u201d \n\nThe study\u2019s authors note that the findings are particularly concerning for countries where people are exposed to heat through daily labour or activities. Women , older populations and people with disabilities were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on mental health. \n\n\u201cWe have now established a high-water mark that alas could soon be eclipsed for how climate can impact mental health in a highly vulnerable country,\u201d Wahid explains. \n\n\u201cThis should serve as a warning for other nations.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Climate-related events have been confirmed to have a negative effect on mental health, according to new research published this week.<\/p>\n<p>The study looked at the effect of heat, humidity and flooding on rates of depression and anxiety in Bangladesh - the seventh most <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//07//we-are-at-our-limit-developing-countries-score-early-win-at-cop27-with-loss-and-damage-on-/">vulnerable country in the world to climate change<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 4.4 per cent of people around the world are thought to have depression. In Bangladesh, this figure was considerably higher at 16.3 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Anxiety levels in the country were also higher (6 per cent) compared to the rest of the world (3.6 per cent).<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say the findings of the study could be used to narrow down the wider <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//15//suicide-may-be-more-common-in-areas-worst-hit-by-air-pollution-new-study-reveals/">effect of climate change on mental health.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs climate change worsens, temperatures and humidity will continue to increase, as will natural disasters, such as extreme flooding, which portends worsening impact on our collective mental health, globally,\u201d says the study\u2019s lead author Syed Shabab Wahid, an assistant professor in the department of global health at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7371962,7365346\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//heatwaves-kill-thousands-every-summer-heres-how-many-lives-we-could-save-by-planting-trees/"> Heatwaves kill thousands every summer. Here\u2019s how many lives we could save by planting trees.<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//04//metro-systems-are-among-our-cities-most-polluted-places-we-asked-an-expert-if-we-should-be/">Metro systems are among our cities\u2019 most polluted places: We asked an expert if we should be worried<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Heat and humidity have an alarming effect on mental health<\/h2><p>The study measured climate variables at 43 weather stations in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//bangladesh/">Bangladesh for seasonal changes in temperature and humidity, as well as noting where people were exposed to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>Two surveys were then conducted in rural and urban areas to assess depression and anxiety in adults.<\/p>\n<p>It revealed that heat, humidity and climate-related events had an alarming effect on the mental health of the respondents.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//38//10//16//808x454_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/384x216_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/640x360_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/750x422_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/828x466_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1080x608_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1200x675_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/1920x1080_cmsv2_072cdfd1-d13f-581c-83a3-d0dff7bf9c2d-7381016.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Villagers wade through waist-deep waters to reach their homes in Pratap Nagar in Bangladesh.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Mahmud Hossain Opu<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>People experiencing one degree Celsius higher temperatures were found to be 21 per cent more likely to have an anxiety disorder. They were also 24 per cent more likely to have both depression and anxiety together.<\/p>\n<p>The study also found a link between increased humidity in the air and a higher chance of the participants reporting both depression and anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//flood/">worsening flooding<\/strong><\/a> linked to climate change increased the odds of poor mental health. Depression increased by 31 per cent, anxiety by 69 per cent and the presence of both conditions by 87 per cent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"7358082,4589076\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//01//foreign-agents-meet-the-russian-climate-activists-taking-on-their-government-in-court/">'Foreign agents': Inside the Russian climate movement taking the government to court<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//25//climate-migrants-how-even-rich-bavaria-cannot-provide-shelter-from-global-warming/">Climate migrants: How even rich Bavaria cannot provide shelter from global warming<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Is the study a warning for other nations?<\/h2><p>Researchers say the study isn\u2019t enough to see the impact of major climate change but it does show how even small changes in weather linked to climate change can affect <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//mental-healthhttps:////www.euronews.com//green//tag//mental-health/">mental health<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wahid says they now plan to conduct further research in Bangladesh and globally to \u201cnarrow down the causes and effects of climate changes on mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s authors note that the findings are particularly concerning for countries where people are exposed to heat through daily labour or activities. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//11//leaders-not-victims-african-asian-and-latin-american-womens-groups-demand-climate-funding/">Women, older populations and people with disabilities were especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on mental health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">This should serve as a warning for other nations.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Syed Shabab Wahid\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n The study\u2019s lead author\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have now established a high-water mark that alas could soon be eclipsed for how climate can impact mental health in a highly vulnerable country,\u201d Wahid explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should serve as a warning for other nations.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1675772125,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1675773322,"firstPublishedAt":1675773327,"lastPublishedAt":1675773327,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/38\/10\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eb299880-90e6-5f16-b7c6-368314288318-7381016.jpg","altText":"Rickshaw pullers wait in a line, awaiting passengers in Dhaka, Bangladesh","caption":"Rickshaw pullers wait in a line, awaiting passengers in Dhaka, Bangladesh","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/A.M. 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As hundreds of firefighters rushed to put it out, several containers of chemicals exploded, according to emergency services.\u00a0 \n\nThe cause of the fire could not be immediately determined. The depot is located near the country's main Chittagong seaport, 216 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka. \n\nAt least five firefighters were among the dead, according to Brigadier General Main Uddin, director-general of the Bangladesh fire service and civil defence. Another 15 firefighters were being treated for burns, according to Uddin. \n\nMultiple rounds of explosions occurred after the initial blast as the fire continued to spread, Uddin said. Explosives experts from Bangladesh's military have been called in to assist the firefighters.\u00a0 \n\nThe explosions shattered the windows of nearby buildings and were felt as far as four kilometres away, officials and local media reports said. \n\n\"More than 300 people are wounded,\" the Chittagong region's chief doctor Elias Chowdhury told AFP. \n\nAccording to Chowdhury, many people are still unaccounted for, including journalists covering the fire. \"The number of dead will increase because rescue operations are not over yet.\" \n\nVolunteers, some of whom were not wearing protective gear, scoured the premises for survivors.\u00a0 \n\n\"There are still some bodies inside the fire-affected places. I saw eight or 10 bodies,\" one volunteer told reporters. \n\nBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her shock at the accident and ordered the authorities to provide appropriate medical treatment for the injured. \n\nA history of industrial disasters \n\nBangladesh has a history of industrial disasters, including factories catching fire with workers trapped inside. Monitoring groups have blamed the accidents on corruption and lax enforcement of labour laws. \n\nGlobal brands, which employ tens of thousands of low-paid workers in Bangladesh, have come under fire with explicit demands made on owners to improve factory conditions in recent years.\u00a0 \n\nSafety conditions have improved significantly after significant reforms in the country's massive garment industry, which employs about four million people.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, experts say accidents could still occur if other sectors do not make similar changes. \n\nIn 2012, 117 workers died after they were trapped behind locked exits in a garment factory in Dhaka. \n\nThe country's worst industrial disaster occurred the following year, when the Rana Plaza garment factory outside Dhaka collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people. \n\nIn 2019, a blaze ripped through a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses in the oldest part of the capital, killing at least 67 people. Another fire in Old Dhaka in a house illegally storing chemicals killed more than 120 people in 2010. \n\nIn 2021, a fire at a food and beverage factory outside Dhaka killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 49 people and injured hundreds of others as firefighters struggled to get the blaze under control.<\/p>\n<p>The fire at the BM Inland Container Depot, a Dutch-Bangladesh joint venture, broke out Saturday evening. As hundreds of firefighters rushed to put it out, several containers of chemicals exploded, according to emergency services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire could not be immediately determined. The depot is located near the country&#039;s main Chittagong seaport, 216 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka.<\/p>\n<p>At least five firefighters were among the dead, according to Brigadier General Main Uddin, director-general of the Bangladesh fire service and civil defence. Another 15 firefighters were being treated for burns, according to Uddin.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple rounds of explosions occurred after the initial blast as the fire continued to spread, Uddin said. Explosives experts from Bangladesh&#039;s military have been called in to assist the firefighters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6756230,6423538\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//26//they-slap-us-force-us-to-work-bangladeshi-garment-industry-covid-crisis/">/u2018They slap us to force us to work': Why the Bangladeshi garment industry is still in a COVID crisis<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//06//05//at-least-15-dead-in-fire-at-bangladesh-container-depot/">At least 15 dead in fire at Bangladesh container depot<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The explosions shattered the windows of nearby buildings and were felt as far as four kilometres away, officials and local media reports said.<\/p>\n<p>\"More than 300 people are wounded,\" the Chittagong region&#039;s chief doctor Elias Chowdhury told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>According to Chowdhury, many people are still unaccounted for, including journalists covering the fire. \"The number of dead will increase because rescue operations are not over yet.\"<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers, some of whom were not wearing protective gear, scoured the premises for survivors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"There are still some bodies inside the fire-affected places. I saw eight or 10 bodies,\" one volunteer told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her shock at the accident and ordered the authorities to provide appropriate medical treatment for the injured.<\/p>\n<h2>A history of industrial disasters<\/h2><p>Bangladesh has a history of industrial disasters, including factories catching fire with workers trapped inside. Monitoring groups have blamed the accidents on corruption and lax enforcement of labour laws.<\/p>\n<p>Global brands, which employ tens of thousands of low-paid workers in Bangladesh, have come under fire with explicit demands made on owners to improve factory conditions in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Safety conditions have improved significantly after significant reforms in the country&#039;s massive garment industry, which employs about four million people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, experts say accidents could still occur if other sectors do not make similar changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"6325482,4094250\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//12//24//ferry-fire-kills-at-least-37-in-southern-bangladesh/">Ferry fire kills at least 37 in southern Bangladesh<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//08//18//fire-in-bangladesh-capital-leaves-thousands-homeless/">Fire in Bangladesh capital leaves thousands homeless<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 2012, 117 workers died after they were trapped behind locked exits in a garment factory in Dhaka.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#039;s worst industrial disaster occurred the following year, when the Rana Plaza garment factory outside Dhaka collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, a blaze ripped through a 400-year-old area cramped with apartments, shops and warehouses in the oldest part of the capital, killing at least 67 people. Another fire in Old Dhaka in a house illegally storing chemicals killed more than 120 people in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, a fire at a food and beverage factory outside Dhaka killed at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1654411199,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1654431232,"firstPublishedAt":1654431235,"lastPublishedAt":1654431235,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/75\/58\/34\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c0c6bf66-daaa-5841-af6d-4fe5a4204452-6755834.jpg","altText":"The death toll is expected to rise, with hundreds injured","caption":"The death toll is expected to rise, with hundreds injured","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Rajib Raihan\/AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":19,"slug":"bangladesh","urlSafeValue":"bangladesh","title":"Bangladesh","titleRaw":"Bangladesh"},{"id":10231,"slug":"explosion","urlSafeValue":"explosion","title":"Explosion","titleRaw":"Explosion"},{"id":10375,"slug":"fire","urlSafeValue":"fire","title":"Fire","titleRaw":"Fire"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":2}],"related":[{"id":1756016},{"id":2146306},{"id":2175602}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"mJg2JfuEO04"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/22\/06\/05\/en\/220605_NWSU_46789762_46791725_50000_124905_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":50000,"filesizeBytes":6432597,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/22\/06\/05\/en\/220605_NWSU_46789762_46791725_50000_124905_en.mp4","editor":"","duration":50000,"filesizeBytes":10099541,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP, AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":19,"urlSafeValue":"bangladesh","title":"Bangladesh","url":"\/news\/asia\/bangladesh"},"town":{"id":3923,"urlSafeValue":"chittagong","title":"Chittagong"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/2022\/06\/05\/at-least-49-dead-hundreds-injured-in-bangladesh-container-depot-fire","lastModified":1654431235},{"id":1818554,"cid":6423538,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"220125_GNSU_44675330","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"Green_\u2018They slap us to force us to work\u2019 - the women suffering in the garment factories of Bangladesh","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"\u2018They slap us to force us to work': Why the Bangladeshi garment industry is still in a COVID crisis","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"\u2018They slap us to force us to work': Inside a fast fashion factory","titleListing2":"\u2018They slap us to force us to work': Why the Bangladeshi garment industry is still in a COVID crisis","leadin":"New research reveals how cancelling orders and refusal to pay for work impacts vulnerable garment workers in Bangladesh.","summary":"New research reveals how cancelling orders and refusal to pay for work impacts vulnerable garment workers in Bangladesh.","keySentence":"","url":"they-slap-us-force-us-to-work-bangladeshi-garment-industry-covid-crisis","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2022\/01\/26\/they-slap-us-force-us-to-work-bangladeshi-garment-industry-covid-crisis","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Women working in the Bangladesh garment industry have borne the brunt of the devastating impacts of the COVID health crisis, according to new findings. \n\nA study published today by researchers at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and trade justice charity Traidcraft Exchange UK, unearths the truth around who is being hit hardest by the pandemic. \n\nThe research reveals the repercussions of COVID-19 and consequent actions taken by Western retailers - such as cancelling orders , refusal to pay for work in progress and demands for discounted prices. \n\nIt also shows how vulnerable women workers have been disproportionately affected by rising levels of gender violence, abuse and economic hardship. \n\n\u2018They physically abuse us\u2019 \n\nShocking findings also showed an increase in sexual and verbal abuse and symbolic violence mainly from line supervisors pushing women to work faster to meet unrealistic production targets. The research found a surge in intimidation and threats, physical and sexual violence, and restriction of movement of garment workers in factories across the region. \n\n\u201cThere are many things I dislike about the factory. The one I most dislike is the rude scolding and shouting of the supervisors. They physically abuse us by hitting or slapping us. They slap us to force us to work,\u201d says a female RMG factory worker. \n\n\u201cThe part that was alarming was that among female workers, pregnant women were sacked from their job because they were entitled to maternity benefits. The elderly female workers who had served more than five years were also sacked because they were entitled to service benefits, they were sacked,\u201d adds one trade union leader. \n\n\u201cThe majority of workers in the RMG industry in Bangladesh are women who are young, poorly educated and from rural areas with few alternative employment options. They are especially vulnerable to exploitation,\u201d says project lead Muhammad Azizul Islam, Professor in Sustainability Accounting and Transparency at the University of Aberdeen Business School. \n\nLegal protection for women workers meanwhile is limited, as are the grievance mechanisms in place. Those which do exist were said to be often disregarded with impunity by many factory owners and managers. \n\n\u201cDuring pandemic time, workers could not afford to be sacked. These devastating impacts were heightened and, in some cases, directly caused by retailers and brands selling into the UK and other markets in the Global North.\u201d \n\nThe in-depth research saw face to face interviews carried out with female and male garment workers, factory managers, industry leaders and trade unions over the course of eight months between November 2020 and July 2021. The interviews were conducted alongside discussions with a number of development agencies and international advocacy NGOs. \n\nIt found that some employers refused to let workers return after lockdown. \n\nMost who did return said they had been forced to sign new contracts, losing access to benefits and protection they had previously accrued. \n\nThe RMG industry is the mainstay of the Bangladesh economy, accounting for 85 per cent of export earnings, about 20 per cent of GDP and directly employing about four million workers, with more than 12 million people in total dependent on the sector. \n\nSlipping through the cracks \n\nAlthough most RMG factories in Bangladesh are signed up to the international frameworks for promoting gender equality, including in employment, researchers found there are significant gaps in the labour laws. Even when international frameworks have been incorporated into domestic law, they are disregarded by many employers and rarely enforced. \n\nCompliance audits in factories carried out by companies were found to be largely ineffective, with around 20 per cent of social compliance auditors not including women's equal rights issues in their audits, and 40 per cent not auditing the right to trade union recognition. \n\n\u201cUK retailers and brands should consider only sourcing products from suppliers with policies and mechanisms in place that protect workers\u2019 rights and address gender harassment, abuse and gender discrimination. They should also require independent audits, covering both manufacturers and sub-contractors, to include this as a priority,\u201d adds Professor Islam. \n\nFiona Gooch, senior private sector policy advisor with Traidcraft Exchange UK says that UK fashion brands\u2019 purchasing practices are among the most abusive and least regulated in the world. \n\n\u201cA key recommendation in this report is that the UK set up a fashion watchdog to stop abusive practices in their supply chains. This would help protect garment workers in Bangladesh and other countries, including the UK, from having to risk working in abusive and unsafe situations, where conditions sometimes resemble slavery.\u201d \n\nThe report calls for UK retailers and brands to find mechanisms to eliminate the exploitation of workers in the supply chains that supply them with products. But it\u2019s clear that this isn\u2019t just a case of regulation saving the day. The unrelenting pace of the global fashion industry and consumption across the Global North has left garment workers paying the price - pandemic or no pandemic. \n\nBrands must take responsibility for all elements of their supply chains and the pressure they place upon the workers within them to produce at such intense rates. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Women working in the Bangladesh garment industry have borne the brunt of the devastating impacts of the COVID health crisis, according to new findings.<\/p>\n<p>A study published today by researchers at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and trade justice charity Traidcraft Exchange UK, unearths the truth around who is being hit hardest by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The research reveals the repercussions of COVID-19 and consequent actions taken by Western retailers - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//07//10//exploitation-and-sweatshops-are-at-the-core-of-fast-fashion-it-s-time-to-dismantle-the-sys/">such as cancelling orders<\/strong><\/a>, refusal to pay for work in progress and demands for discounted prices.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows how vulnerable women workers have been disproportionately affected by rising levels of gender violence, abuse and economic hardship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//35//38//808x539_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg/" alt=\"MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/640x427_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/750x500_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/828x552_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1080x720_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1200x800_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1920x1280_cmsv2_0e62d199-3f6d-5183-87f0-7d6b16771e29-6423538.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Workers from the garment sector block a road during a protest to demand payment of due wages, in Dhaka.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP or licensors<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"5092186,5824660,5040756\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//07//02//eu-fashion-brands-found-to-be-lying-about-the-sustainability-of-their-fabrics/">EU fast fashion brands found to be lying about the sustainability of their fabrics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//10//24//woke-washing-how-fast-fashion-brands-use-social-issues-for-sales/">Woke-washing: How fast fashion brands use social issues for sales<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//11//14//one-romanian-garment-worker-breaks-her-silence-on-covid-19-pay-cuts/">One Romanian garment worker breaks her silence on COVID-19 pay cuts<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018They physically abuse us\u2019<\/h2><p>Shocking findings also showed an increase in sexual and verbal abuse and symbolic violence mainly from line supervisors pushing women to work faster to meet unrealistic production targets. The research found a surge in intimidation and threats, physical and sexual violence, and restriction of movement of garment workers in factories across the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many things I dislike about the factory. The one I most dislike is the rude scolding and shouting of the supervisors. They physically abuse us by hitting or slapping us. They slap us to force us to work,\u201d says a female RMG factory worker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe part that was alarming was that among female workers, pregnant women were sacked from their job because they were entitled to maternity benefits. The elderly female workers who had served more than five years were also sacked because they were entitled to service benefits, they were sacked,\u201d adds one trade union leader.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">There are many things I dislike about the factory. The one I most dislike is the rude scolding and shouting of the supervisors. They physically abuse us by hitting or slapping us.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Female factory worker\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe majority of workers in the RMG industry in Bangladesh are women who are young, poorly educated and from rural areas with few alternative employment options. They are especially vulnerable to exploitation,\u201d says project lead Muhammad Azizul Islam, Professor in Sustainability Accounting and Transparency at the University of Aberdeen Business School.<\/p>\n<p>Legal protection for women workers meanwhile is limited, as are the grievance mechanisms in place. Those which do exist were said to be often disregarded with impunity by many factory owners and managers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring pandemic time, workers could not afford to be sacked. These devastating impacts were heightened and, in some cases, directly caused by retailers and brands selling into the UK and other markets in the Global North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The in-depth research saw face to face interviews carried out with female and male garment workers, factory managers, industry leaders and trade unions over the course of eight months between November 2020 and July 2021. The interviews were conducted alongside discussions with a number of development agencies and international advocacy NGOs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//6Dlf4T4BUCY/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It found that some employers refused to let workers return after lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>Most who did return said they had been forced to sign new contracts, losing access to benefits and protection they had previously accrued.<\/p>\n<p>The RMG industry is the mainstay of the Bangladesh economy, accounting for 85 per cent of export earnings, about 20 per cent of GDP and directly employing about four million workers, with more than 12 million people in total dependent on the sector.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"4233298,5995290,5436276\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//05//welcome-to-the-dark-side-shein-is-the-biggest-rip-off-since-fast-fashion-was-born/">An inside look at Shein: The $100 billion fast fashion brand where factory staff work 75-hour weeks<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//08//19//blue-rivers-and-water-as-strong-as-bleach-the-destructive-impact-of-fast-fashion-in-africa/">Blue rivers and water as strong as bleach: The \u2018destructive\u2019 impact of fast fashion in Africa<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//06//09//exploitative-fast-fashion-brands-need-to-ditch-the-feminist-slogans-this-international-wom/">Exploitative fast fashion brands need to ditch the 'feminist' slogans <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Slipping through the cracks<\/h2><p>Although most RMG factories in Bangladesh are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//12//green-is-the-new-black-groundbreaking-fashion-act-to-hold-brands-accountable/">signed up to the international frameworks<\/strong><\/a> for promoting gender equality, including in employment, researchers found there are significant gaps in the labour laws. Even when international frameworks have been incorporated into domestic law, they are disregarded by many employers and rarely enforced.<\/p>\n<p>Compliance audits in factories carried out by companies were found to be largely ineffective, with around 20 per cent of social compliance auditors not including women&#039;s equal rights issues in their audits, and 40 per cent not auditing the right to trade union recognition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUK retailers and brands should consider only sourcing products from suppliers with policies and mechanisms in place that protect workers\u2019 rights and address gender harassment, abuse and gender discrimination. They should also require independent audits, covering both manufacturers and sub-contractors, to include this as a priority,\u201d adds Professor Islam.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">UK retailers and brands should consider only sourcing products from suppliers with policies and mechanisms in place that protect workers\u2019 rights and address gender harassment.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Professor Azizul Islam\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fiona Gooch, senior private sector policy advisor with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////traidcraftexchange.org///">Traidcraft Exchange UK<\/strong><\/a> says that UK fashion brands\u2019 purchasing practices are among the most abusive and least regulated in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6655844155844156\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//42//35//38//808x539_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg/" alt=\"MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP or licensors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/384x256_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/640x426_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/750x499_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/828x551_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1080x719_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1200x799_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/1920x1278_cmsv2_39128445-d599-5441-aa16-ac7fbfe8bd3b-6423538.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans as they block a road during a demonstration to demand higher wages, in Dhaka.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP or licensors<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cA key recommendation in this report is that the UK set up a fashion watchdog to stop abusive practices in their supply chains. 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The unrelenting pace of the global fashion industry and consumption across the Global North has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2020//08//17//new-documentary-exposes-subhuman-working-conditions-in-la-sweatshops/">left garment workers paying the price<\/strong><\/a> - pandemic or no pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Brands must take responsibility for all elements of their supply chains and the pressure they place upon the workers within them to produce at such intense rates.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1643130816,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1643187744,"firstPublishedAt":1643131929,"lastPublishedAt":1643196615,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/42\/35\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bcb11319-dd21-5762-a139-7e8c583359e3-6423538.jpg","altText":"Female garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.","caption":"Female garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"MUNIR UZ ZAMAN\/AFP or 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Bangladesh Ferry Fire","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Police arrest Bangladesh ferry owner after at least 37 die in fire","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Police arrest Bangladesh ferry owner after at least 37 die in fire","titleListing2":"Dozens are still missing following the ferry fire on Friday.","leadin":"Police in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of a ferry on which at least 37 people died in an onboard fire.","summary":"Police in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of a ferry on which at least 37 people died in an onboard fire.","keySentence":"","url":"police-arrest-bangladesh-ferry-owner-after-at-least-37-die-in-fire","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2021\/12\/27\/police-arrest-bangladesh-ferry-owner-after-at-least-37-die-in-fire","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Police in Bangladesh have arrested the owner of a ferry on which at least 37 people died in an onboard fire. \n\nThe man was arrested on Monday, with 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In April and May, 54 people died in two separate accidents.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1640598258,"updatedAt":1723539856,"publishedAt":1640598886,"firstPublishedAt":1640598889,"lastPublishedAt":1640598889,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/33\/12\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_fcbe8f0e-02b6-58e9-ad56-a3384532eb34-6331216.jpg","altText":"The burnt passenger ferry anchored off the coast of Jhalokati district on the Sugandha River in Bangladesh","caption":"The burnt passenger ferry anchored off the coast of Jhalokati district on the Sugandha River in 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24/12/2021

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Protests continue demanding foreign treatment for ailing ex-PM in Bangladesh

Thousands of opposition protesters continue to stage demonstrations across Bangladesh, demanding that the government allows ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to fly abroad for medical treatment.

01/12/2021

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