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2012 Figures

Tazreen Fashions Fire

Full list of figures, martyrs, coordinators, and collectives associated with 2012.

Est. 1947 · BengalA Bilingual Archive

Full Figure List

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Kalpona Akter

CoordinatorPerson

Garment labor-rights organizer

She represents the labor-rights thread in Bangladesh’s industrial safety history.

A Bangladeshi labor organizer associated with garment-worker rights and factory-safety advocacy.

Her activism connects factory disasters such as Tazreen and Rana Plaza to worker voice, compensation, and global buyer accountability.

She represents the labor-rights thread in Bangladesh’s industrial safety history.

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Sumi Abedin

CoordinatorPerson

Tazreen survivor and labor-safety witness

She represents survivor memory in the garment-sector safety movement.

A survivor of the Tazreen Fashions fire who became associated with witness testimony and safety advocacy.

Her public testimony helped humanize the factory-safety crisis behind statistics and policy reform language.

She represents survivor memory in the garment-sector safety movement.

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