Author: Jason Motlagh

Jason Motlagh is a writer, broadcast journalist and filmmaker whose work focuses on conflict and human rights. Formerly TIME magazine's Afghanistan correspondent, he has reported from more than 50 countries and a half-dozen conflicts spanning West Africa to Southeast Asia for National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Outside, The Washington Post, The Guardian and The Economist. He has received a National Magazine Award for News Reporting and the Overseas Press Club's Madeline Dane Ross Award for Best International Reporting on the Human Condition. Jason is the founder of Blackbeard Media, an Emmy Award-winning company that produces news documentaries for Al Jazeera, National Geographic and SBS Dateline. He also hosts investigations for AJ+, Fault Lines and People & Power.

From the Ashes of Rana Plaza: ‘Consumers Want to Know How Their Clothes Are Made’

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The year 2013 saw the worst accident in the history of the international garment industry: A clothing factory collapsed outside of Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing at least 1,127 workers, mostly young women, and injuring another 2,500.

“Ten years later, the anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster offers an opportunity to reflect on the progress that has been made and the work that still needs to be done to ensure decent conditions for Bangladesh’s more than four million garment workers.”