Australian fashion brands operating 'shocking' conditions, reports Oxfam

The harrowing life of an Australian fashion brand garment worker has been revealed in a new Oxfam report on the industry.

Bangladeshi Garment worker Tania had to send her daughter 250km away to live due to meagre wages. Source: AAP

Garment worker and mum Tania often cries alone when she isn't busy making clothes for Australian fashion brands.

The 21-year-old, who works as a sewing operator in central Bangladesh, has been forced to send her daughter 250km away and visit her only twice a year in a bid to ensure the family's survival on her meagre wage.

She is one of hundreds of garment workers in Bangladesh and Vietnam whose daily suffering has been revealed in the first in-depth exploration of their lives in a new report.

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