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SUMMARY:What is the real cost of a $10 dress? Lessons from the Rana Plaza tragedy - labour rights, commodity chains and shared accountability
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/what-is-the-real-cost-of-a-10-dress-lessons-from-the-rana-plaza-tragedy-labour-rights-commodity-chains-and-shared-accountability/
LOCATION:University of Victoria, Hickman Bldg, room110 :: University of Victoria Victoria, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:On April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-story commercial building housing five garment factories collapsed in Savar, a sub-district on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. A total of 1,131 factory workers were confirmed dead and many others suffered grave injuries.=0D=0A=
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This event’s interdisciplinary panel will address some of the multifaceted and interconnected complexities that the Rana Plaza tragedy reveals about human rights, precarious labour, contemporary commodity chains, and shared accountability.=0D=0A=
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Guest moderator for the event will be CBC's former Asia Bureau Chief, Patrick Brown.=0D=0A=
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Panelists include: Sharmin Ahmed, visiting Graduate Researcher in Development from BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Jamie Lawson and Marlea Clarke, Department of Political Science; Josh Ault, Gustavson School of Business; Laura Parisi, Department of Women’s Studies and David Huxtable, PhD Fellow, Global Studies at the University of Victoria.=0D=0A=
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Food and refreshments provided.=0D=0A=
Image courtesy of worradmu at Freedigitalphotos.net=0D=0A=

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