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Gender equality

A quiet revolution: Women in Bangladesh

Women in Bangladesh have made major strides over the past decades, putting the South Asian country at the forefront among the least-developed countries in addressing gender disparity.

Viet Nam garment industry

Better talk leads to better work

As Viet Nam prepares for a major expansion of international trade a new system for worker-employer relations in garment factories is helping to pave the way for improved working conditions and competitiveness.

Cambodia: ILO urges dialogue to resolve current dispute in garment sector

The ILO urges all stakeholders, workers, trade unions, government and business and its representatives to maximise efforts to find a resolution to the current dispute in garment sector. We strongly encourage all parties to intensify these efforts...

ILO Better Factories Cambodia Programme gets new three-year MOU

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The International Labour Organization (ILO), the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, and the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding for...

Social dialogue

Better talk leads to better work

As Viet Nam prepares for a major expansion of international trade – with the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Free Trade Agreement negotiations – a new system for worker-employer relations in garment factories is helping to pave the way to improved...

Working conditions

ILO report presents a path to sustainable growth in Bangladesh

The new study by the ILO's Research Department presents a series of policies to achieve both economic growth and decent working conditions in Bangladesh.

ILO to launch new report on Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes on Monday 18 November.

ILO expresses concern over the escalation of violence around garment factory in Cambodia

Social dialogue

More rights for Jordan’s garment workers

Workers in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones have held numerous strikes over the past years to protest against what they perceive as labour rights violations. A new collective bargaining agreement is now aiming to improve the situation.

Labour standards

ILO Deputy Director General calls for faster implementation of the new labour law in Bangladesh

Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza building collapse...

Bangladesh

Emerging from the ruins of Rana Plaza

Six months on from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the ILO is helping survivors develop new skills and find jobs. Three workers who survived the tragedy talked to ILO News about their way back into employment.

Child Labour

Apparel manufacturer joins ILO child labour project in the Jordanian garment sector

Sterling Apparel Manufacturing has joined a programme of the International Labour Organization and the International Organization of Employers in Jordan to guide companies in tackling child labour

Major ILO programme aims to make Bangladesh garment industry safer

The US$24m programme has been developed with government, workers and employers in Bangladesh, in response to a number of accidents that have hit the country’s ready-made garment industry.

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka.

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka.

Bangladesh

ILO to launch major new programme to improve garment factory safety in Bangladesh

Garment workers’ service centre opens in Jordanian industrial zone

New facility set to improve the lives of thousands working in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones.

Press release

Bangladesh Minimum Wages Board returns from study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam

Members of the Minimum Wage Board returned to Dhaka on Friday from a study tour to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The aim of the study tour was to better understand the approaches taken in other countries in order to inform the Board’s on-going negotiations...

Skills training

Getting skills and jobs to Bangladesh's poorest

People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between Far East Knitting &...

Informal apprenticeships

Pakistan learning lessons from Bangladesh in structuring informal apprenticeships

A five-day visit of fourteen high-level officials from Pakistan’s public and private sector concluded today. The officials were here to learn about how the government and industry are working together to structure apprenticeships in Bangladesh’s...