introduction

Hello! My name is Lina. I`m from Russia. I have MA in Russian language and literature. My major now is Psychology. In Engl1A class I hope to improve my writing skills. This blog is a part of class requirements. Now we are reading articles about globalization and free trade.
 I`d like to share the facts and statistics I found about the sallary and living conditions of people who work to produce clothes for the Western world.  
   Clothes is mostly produced in China and Bangladesh. Top four cotton producers are China, USA, India and Pakistan.
An average daily wage for Asian countries is $2 to $3. In China salary in garment factories is about $50 per month. Official work limit there is 44 hours per week. In fact people work 100 hours or more. Employees are not allowed to talk during the working day. 
  In Bangladesh salary wage is about $24 a month. The working day is 12 hours.
In Cambodia the salary is $55 per month. To get the idea how much money is it for the country, consider the price for renting 8`-12` room. It is about $55. So, usually the workers have 5 to 6 roommates.

In India children are accounted for 90% of the total labor force in cottonseed farms. In 2007 nearly 54% of the children were younger than 14.  About 60% of all agricultural operations are processed by women. Women`s salary in agriculture is 50%-75% from men`s salary. Female salary is considered to be too low to overcome absolute poverty.

For information I used World Bank statistics, the data from AIAS (Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labor) and the links about the book "Where I am wearing" by Kelsey Timmerman.