Fast fashion, inexpensive and widely available of-the-moment garments, has changed the
way people buy and dispose of clothing. By selling large quantities of clothing at cheap …

Aim To quantify the effect of mind–body interventions on stress in pregnant women. Design
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials was performed. Data …

Background The world is urbanizing rapidly; more than half the world's population now lives
in urban areas, leading to significant transition in lifestyles and social behaviours globally …

Introduction: Despite the improved safety of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh
since 2013, other workplace health and safety issues in the ready-made garment industry …

Background Like many countries, the government of Bangladesh also imposed stay-at-
home orders to restrict the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 …

Abstract Background In Bangladesh 65% of children under 6 months of age were
exclusively breastfed with maternal employment being a risk factor that has jeopardized …

This book provides a firm analytical base to discussions about injustice and the unequal
distribution of gains from global production in the form of global monopsony capitalism. It …

Objectives This study aims to quantify the degree of work–family conflict (WFC) and financial
issues among ready-made garment (RMG) workers in Bangladesh and to investigate their …

The fashion industry is experiencing increasing global scrutiny of its environmentally
polluting supply chain operations. In spite of the widely publicized impacts on environment …

Background With an estimated 27 million annual incidents of maternal morbidity globally,
how they are manifested or experienced is diverse and shaped by societal, cultural and …