How are the surviving workers of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh doing: quality of life, participation restriction, income and occupation

Quadir, Mohammad Morshedul; Lee, Yoon Ju; Hoque, Roksana; Karim, Mohammad Monjurul; Alamgir, Hasanat

doi:10.1080/09638288.2019.1626494

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“…As part of a broader study examining readymade garment (RMG) workers’ health and wellbeing in Bangladesh, a qualitative study of the current experiences of the Rana Plaza survivors was undertaken. The collapse of Rana Plaza (a clothing factory building that collapsed on 24 April 2013), resulted in more than 1100 deaths, 2500 injuries, and 100 missing workers (Berman, 2016; Brown, 2015; Quadir et al, 2021; Rahman, 2014). This is considered the deadliest disaster in the RMG sector of Bangladesh (Biswas et al, 2015; Nittle, 2018).…”

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Experiences of Conducting Research With Vulnerable and Disempowered Participants in a Developing Country: Perspectives From a Novice Researcher

Kabir

2022

Qual Health Res

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Sensitive, emotionally laden research requires mental strength, emotional fortitude, and logistic supports for novice researchers. Little is known about the challenges that the novice researcher faces while conducting sensitive, emotionally laden research. This is exacerbated where participants of such studies have little/no idea about expressing the value of a particular research study (i.e., where the first question to arise from the participants is “what would be my benefit if I participate in your research?”). Based on the student researcher’s self-reflections, this article focuses on the inherent challenges that a researcher faced while conducting in-depth interviews among a group of emotionally vulnerable people–survivors of the disastrous Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh. It suggests how the challenges can be reduced or mitigated, and the researcher’s self-care can be ensured. It also raises important methodological questions, including whether in-depth narrative interviews are appropriate in relation to those living with significantly different cultural norms.

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Section: The Novice Researcher’s Perspectivementioning

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Experiences of Conducting Research With Vulnerable and Disempowered Participants in a Developing Country: Perspectives From a Novice Researcher

Kabir

2022

Qual Health Res

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“…The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) was formed by 29 large North American retail companies including Canadian Tire, The Children's Place, Costco, Fruit of the Loom, Gap, Hudson's Bay, JC Penney, Kohl's, Macy's, Nordstrom, Sears, Target, VF Corporation and Wal-Mart to improve garment worker safety in Bangladesh after a series of factory disasters had killed scores of workers. 1,2 Its stated vision was to "substantially improve worker safety in the garment industry by upgrading factories, educating workers and management, empowering workers, and building institutions that can enforce and maintain safe working conditions throughout Bangladesh". 3…”

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