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What the U.S. Foreign Aid Backlash Means for Garment Workers Worldwide
“I’m trying to continue, but I don’t know how long I can.” That’s Nazma Akter, founder and executive director of the Awaj Foundation, a grassroots organization that relies on funding from the U.S. government—the now taboo “foreign aid”—to support 600,000 …