AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Today, approximately 80 percent of garment workers are women.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women make up around 80% of the workforce in the garment industry* but often struggle to have their voices heard. There are more than 35 million women working in the garment, textiles, and footwear sector in Asia and the Pacific.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ready-made garment (RMG) industry is a mainstay of this economic success story: Bangladesh is today one of the world’s largest garment exporters, with the RMG sector accounting for 84 percent of Bangladesh’s exports.

Detailed explanation-4: -The garment sector has dramatically changed the composition Bangladesh’s labour force, and was the first industry to provide large-scale employment opportunities to women, in a country where women traditionally have not worked outside the home.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are currently 60–70 million garment workers worldwide; 75% are women.