Author: Suez Taylor

Susie is a freelance multimedia journalist and artist, focused on women in conflict/ post-conflict environments. She has worked for the The American Interest Magazine, Washington International Research Group, The CS Monitor, The Atlantic, TIME video, Words Beats & Life, and others. She's worked in The Balkans, South America, and most recently South and SouthEast Asia.

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.”

Justice: Must Be Made in Bangladesh

Fifteen years ago, Bangladesh was fast becoming a star in the eyes of the United Nations. The poor, hyper-populated Southeast Asian country was poised to meet—even surpass—the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, serving as a model to the rest of the world that with the right investments, poverty could be eradicated. A booming ready-made export garment […]

Forgotten in the Fallout: Women and Fukushima

Fukushima. It was a hot day in July, and I was standing in the middle of the road adjusting my camera in view of the Daichii reactor No. 2 when my friend Sonny delivered the news. International wires were buzzing with talk of Fukushima as the Japanese government revealed knowledge of a disaster far worse […]