
Empowering Bangladesh’s Female Garment Workers
May 3, 2018 & have found that women working in Bangladesh’s booming textile industry are being abused on two fronts.
Sadika Akhter is an anthropologist working as a deputy project coordinator at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
May 3, 2018 & have found that women working in Bangladesh’s booming textile industry are being abused on two fronts.
Among its many harmful effects, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing gender inequalities. If leaders are serious about “building back better” and promoting inclusive economies and societies, they must take concrete steps to empower women at home, at work, and in policymaking.