Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases to rural Bangladesh
Clip: 7/3/2014 | 8m 8s
Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases to rural Bangladesh
Most commercial products don’t reach rural communities. But now, about 7,000 women in these communities are selling products and a new consumer culture to the world’s poorest people. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the controversy surrounding commercial ideas of beauty in the conservative rural areas of Bangladesh.
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Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases to rural Bangladesh
Clip: 7/3/2014 | 8m 8s
Most commercial products don’t reach rural communities. But now, about 7,000 women in these communities are selling products and a new consumer culture to the world’s poorest people. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the controversy surrounding commercial ideas of beauty in the conservative rural areas of Bangladesh.
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