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The garment girls from Myanmar

Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
Workers at a garment factory in Myanmar.Photo: @Martje Theuws | SOMO
Garment factory in Myanmar.Photo: @Martje Theuws | SOMO
Garment factory in Myanmar.Photo: @Martje Theuws | SOMO
A woman washes her hair outside of her home in a squatter village where many garment factory workers live.
A woman and children walk down the flooded streets of Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar industrial Zone, an area that houses many garment factory workers.
Garment factory workers walk down the footpath near their home on their way to work. The girls get a stipenf of 300 kyats ($0.25 USD) if they choose not to take the shuttle bus provided by their factory.Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca |MAKMENDE
A shuttle bus drops of workers at Charming Garment Manufacturing in Yangon's Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone.Photo: ©Lauren DeCicca | MAKMENDE
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