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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.
Planning document
Destination development plan for Cox's Bazar
Destination Development Plan for Cox’s Bazar (2025–2027) is a strategic roadmap to promote sustainable, inclusive tourism across eight key destinations in Cox’s Bazar. Developed by ILO with government and community partners, the plan focuses on...
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,...
ILO Brief
ILO’s work on migration in Asia and the Pacific
The governance of labour migration is of core importance to the ILO. Much of the international migration occurring today is propelled by the search for decent work. The centrality of work to migration flows in the context of Asia and the Pacific is...
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...
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.
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.
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
Cutting through barriers: Tania’s journey in a man’s world
The first time Tania picked up a saw, her hands trembled. Not from the weight of the tool, but from the weight of everyone's stares. In the bustling, male-dominated furniture market of Cox’s Bazar, a woman building a chair was something people...
Creating Change, One Story at a Time
Country Director Designate sees endless possibilities despite complexities of humanitarian-development operations
In the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, women and youth are gaining the skills they need to build brighter futures. The Country Director Designate for the ILO Office in Bangladesh, Max Tunon, visited project activities to see how skills...
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
Decent work, brighter futures: Roksana’s journey with shell crafts
On the edge of Cox’s Bazar town, in a small village called Chan Khola, lives Roksana Akhter, a woman whose life is shaped by both hardship and courage. But her life hadn’t always been so hard.
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.
Social Protection
The future of social insurance in Viet Nam: Policy options and recommendations
Viet Nam is making bold progress toward universal social insurance, backed by strong policy reforms and expanding coverage. This report highlights strategic ILO recommendations to support the next phase of legal and structural transformation.
Fair recruitment
Migrant worker recruitment malpractices persist in Bangladesh as Government strives for fairness, accountability
Aligning Bangladesh's labour migration governance with relevant ILO conventions and the General Principles and Operational Guidelines for Fair Recruitment and Definition of Recruitment Fees and Costs (2019) would go a long way in countering...
Tourism
Community-based tourism in Jaflong: creating jobs and nurturing nature
The ILO, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Tourism Board, has helped launch a community-based tourism (CBT) model in Jaflong that welcomes visitors to experience the vibrant Khasi cultural heritage while ensuring community ownership and equitable...
Creating change, one story at a time
From muddy paths to mountain views: The human face of Himchari’s tourism
Just a few months ago, the road to Himchari waterfall was little more than a rough track - muddy and lined with neglected broken stalls. But step into Himchari Bazar today, and you will find clearer all-weather roads, public toilets, information...
Social security
First beneficiaries of Bangladesh’s pilot employment injury scheme from export processing zones notified
Workers in Bangladesh's export processing zones begin to benefit from employment injury compensation, a key social security measure that guarantees income security for other workers and their families in the country's export-oriented ready-made...
South Asian trade union youth leaders unite for safer and healthier workplaces
Young trade union leaders from across South Asia have pledged a joint action on occupational safety and health (OSH) at a regional ILO-ACTRAV conference
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