Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID


              A herdsman keeps watch over cattle in Ha Ramokhele, Lesotho, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled. In Lesotho, a mountainous speck of a country nestled entirely inside South Africa, the pain was especially widespread. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Mabuta Irene Kheoane, right, and her son Bokang, standing in the doorway, are seen outside their home in Ha Ramokhele, Lesotho, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Mabuta Irene Kheoane inside a mini-bus taxi to make a two-hour trip to her home with items bought from her pay, in Maseru, Lesotho, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Vekile Sesha sits outside her home in Maseru, Lesotho, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Sesha lost her job when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago and the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Vekile Sesha cleans her home in Maseru, Lesotho, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Sesha lost her job when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago and the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Vekile Sesha walks down a street to meet with a friend in Maseru, Lesotho, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 Sesha lost her job when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago and the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Women work in a garment factory in Maseru, Lesotho, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Workers tend to their jobs in a garment factory in Maseru, Lesotho, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Workers tend to their jobs in a garment factory in Maseru, Lesotho, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Matumelo Manosa, center, works in a garment factory in Maseru, Lesotho, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Mabuta Irene Kheoane, center, stands in front of the garment factory where she works, in Maseru, Lesotho, Friday Feb. 25, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Job seekers gather outside the entrance of a garment factory in the hope of getting a day's work, in Maseru, Lesotho, Thursday, Feb, 24 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Workers wait outside a garment factory in the hope of getting a day's work, in Maseru, Lesotho  Monday, Feb, 28 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Women make their way to work in the garment district in Maseru, Lesotho, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022 When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Mabuta Irene Kheoane, center, walks along a street in Maseru's garment making district, Lesotho, Friday Feb. 25, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Mabuta Irene Kheoane, second from left, walks down a street in Maseru's garment making district, Lesotho, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago, the global fashion industry crumpled when faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
            
              Vekile Sesha waits in line outside a garment factory in Maseru, Lesotho Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Sesha lost her job when the coronavirus pandemic hit the world two years ago and the global fashion industry crumple. when, faced with collapsing demand, brands canceled orders worth billions of dollars and few felt the effects so harshly as the tens of millions of workers, most of them women, who stitched the world's clothes. (AP Photo/Neo Ntsoma)
Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID