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In an op-ed, Center for Business and Human Rights Research Director Dorothée Baumann-Pauly explains why garment workers are still at risk in Bangladesh three years after the collapse at Rana Plaza

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Excerpt from Reuters -- "The vast problem remains that only a fraction of garment factories are even covered by protections currently intended to be in place. The use of subcontracting in the garment industry is pervasive. According to our research estimates, more than 30 percent of garment producing facilities in Bangladesh are producing off the radar and without government or private oversight. Workers in these often smaller facilities therefore remain unprotected and invisible to regulators. It is essential that we increase supply chain transparency in order to be able to bring all garment producing facilities under appropriate safety programs."

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