DHAKA -- Bangladesh's female-dominated garment industry is about to be less so now that factory owners have agreed to hire equally among the sexes, an answer to the country's worsening unemployment problem and an acquiescence to garment workers' demands.
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Workers at a garment factory in Narayanganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka: Women from different parts of Bangladesh come to cities to work in the garment sector. (Sipa via AP Images)
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