A worker at a garment factory in Ashulia, a suburban area near Dhaka, Bangladesh in July 2011. Nearly 70% of Bangladesh’s textile workers are women, but menstruation taboos mean they must skip work when they have their period. A pilot study conducted by Bangladeshi experts published found that more than two-thirds of the female garment workers used dirty pieces of cloth to absorb menstrual blood.

First published in the October 28, 2019, 8:47 p.m. edition

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