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Fashion's Humanitarian Crisis

As western brands grapple with the financial implications of efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, workers within the industry’s supply chain face a grim reality of unemployment, hunger and disease.
A group of migrant workers and families walk in search of transport to their home town. | Source: Ajay Aggarwal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
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  • Sarah Kent,
  • M.C. Nanda

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This article is part of BoF’s special edition, Can Fashion Clean Up Its Act? 

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