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ISEC Project Documentary | Resilience, Skills & Climate-Smart Futures

The Improving Skills and Economic Opportunities for Women and Youth in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (ISEC) project has transformed lives over the past two years. Through skills training, enterprise development, and climate-smart practices, ILO’s...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Jisan’s path to independence: Learning, earning, and leading

With entrepreneurship training under the ILO ISEC Project, Jannatul Neha Jisan turned her home-based sales into a thriving boutique in Cox’s Bazar. Today, she earns a steady income, trains local girls in fabric design, and pursues higher education,...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

From Fuchka to Fashion: Humaira’s Journey with SIYB

Humaira turned a small fuchka venture into two growing businesses with support from SIYB training under the ILO ISEC Project. Equipped with new skills to plan and manage, she is now a confident entrepreneur and a role model for young women in Cox’s...

Labour migration

From registration to return: Strengthening overseas employment governance in Bangladesh with ILO support

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A new era for decent work: Bangladesh aligns with international standards on occupational safety and workplace dignity

To commemorate Bangladesh’s historic step to ratify the three pivotal ILO Conventions: No. 155 (Occupational Safety and Health), No. 187 (Promotional Framework for OSH), and No. 190 (Violence and Harassment), the Ministry of Labour and Employment...

Disability inclusion

Sunil Das: Rising above challenges with determination and inclusive support

Sunil is one of 39 persons with disabilities economically empowered through the ILO ProGRESS Project, supported by Global Affairs Canada. His journey is more than a personal achievement; it stands as a powerful reminder that inclusive workplaces...

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Tripartite conversations in Bangladesh pave a practical path to lay the groundwork for responsible business conduct for decent work

Bangladesh is taking steady steps toward building stronger and more coherent responsible business conduct (RBC) frameworks. During the tripartite consultation held on 8 April 2025, participants aligned around several practical next steps to...

Gender-based violence

TVET students lead gender-based violence prevention efforts across the Chattogram Hill Tracts

International Labour Standards

Landmark ratifications in Bangladesh towards a future of work with safe and healthy environments, free from violence and harassment

Bangladesh is the first country in Asia to ratify all fundamental ILO instruments, and the first in South Asia to ratify Convention No. 190.

ILO Conventions ratification

Bangladesh becomes first Asian country to ratify all 11 ILO fundamental instruments and first in South Asia to ratify ILO Convention No. 190

The International Labour Organization (ILO) today commended the Government of Bangladesh for the landmark ratification of three key ILO Conventions, including two fundamental ILO Conventions on occupational safety and health, reflecting the...

Second World Summit for Social Development

World leaders renew commitments to social protection for migrant workers across the Gulf, South Asia and Africa

A landmark gathering at the Second World Summit for Social Development united policymakers and social partners from the three regions to advance joint action on extending social protection to millions of migrant workers.

New ILO programme set to advance social protection for migrant workers across the South Asia–Gulf corridor

The official launch of the STREAM Programme at the Second World Summit for Social Development marks a new stage in strengthening social protection for migrant workers and their families across the South Asia–Gulf corridor.

Care economy

Domestic workers care for our children; who cares for theirs?

Mukta Akter is a domestic worker living in Azimpur, old Dhaka. She balances her work and motherhood responsibilities with the support of the Azimpur Government Daycare Centre, where she enrolled her children since they were toddlers. Her daughter,...

This is social justice

Floating agriculture allows farmers to invest in sustainable crops in Bangladesh

Shakti Kirtauniyya from Bangladesh grows rice during the dry season and vegetables on floating rafts during the wet season. Kirtauniyya shows how traditional farming practices and affordable investments in sustainable crops preserve the environment...

South Asia–GCC migration corridor

Bangladesh and ILO join forces to strengthen social protection for migrant workers

Bangladeshi tripartite stakeholders and the ILO STREAM Programme pinpoint areas for collaboration to make social protection a reality for migrant workers at home and abroad.

Leadership

Max Tuñón takes the helm as Country Director in Bangladesh

Tuñón arrives in Bangladesh at a time when the ILO mandate to promote decent work and social justice is high on the national agenda.

Climate pledge

Bangladesh leads in embedding just transition at the heart of its climate action commitments

The integration of just transition principles in the NDC 3.0 is the outcome of an inclusive process through which the government, for the first time, invited workers’ and employers’ organizations to the table for discussions on climate action, and...

Social dialogue

Bangladesh calls for a national social dialogue forum for labour reforms in High-Level Tripartite Dialogue

A high-level tripartite conference aimed at leveraging social dialogue for inclusive and sustainable labour reforms in Bangladesh commenced on October 8, 2025, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

Bumi’s baskets don’t break and neither does her spirit

Bamboo shavings scatter across the floor as Bumi Rakhaine bends over her work, each cut and each weave shaping not just a basket, but a future she dares to dream of. Bumi, who lived in South Chaowfaldandi of Cox’s Bazar, is a mother, a wife, and...

Creating Change, One Story at a Time

From stigma to self-reliance: how skills training is blazing new trails for women in Cox’s Bazar

Funded by Global Affairs Canada, the ILO's "Leaving No One Behind" project in Cox’s Bazar equips young women and men with market-relevant, competency-based skills that support decent and sustainable livelihoods.