All resources: Bangladesh

Contribution to a discussion of the ILO Governing Body Committee on Technical Cooperation: "Training for employment"

by Mr Yasuyuki Nodera, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific

Jobs, gender and small enterprises in Africa and Asia : lessons drawn from Bangladesh, the Philippines, Tunisia and Zimbabwe

SEED Working Paper No. 18 - Series on women’s entrepreneurship development and gender in enterprises (WEDGE)

SEED working paper

Jobs, gender and small enterprises in Bangladesh: factors affecting women entrepreneurs in small and cottage industries in Bangladesh

SEED Working Paper No. 14 - Series on women’s entrepreneurship development and gender in enterprises (WEDGE)

The Shipbreakers

Few nations are willing to accept the dirty and dangerous work of dismantling a ship by hand. It is one of the world's most unregulated and hazardous industries, leaving a trail of debris, disability and death in its wake. At the same time, it is an...

Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights v. Government of Bangladesh

The petitioners, a group of 54 non-profit organizations, lodged a complaint against the Government of Bangladesh based on the actions of enforcement authorities who allegedly raided the homes of sex workers, ousting them unlawfully from their...

Export processing zones in Bangladesh: economic impact and social issues

Multinational Enterprises Programme Working Paper No. 80

Export processing zones in Bangladesh: Economic impact and social issues (MULTI 80)

Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 81 . Examines the structural features and operational characteristics of the two EPZs, as well as their socio-economic consequences for the host country. The data analysed in this respect relate...

ILO-UNICEF Assessment

Child Labour Situation in Bangladesh - A Rapid Assessment

This Rapid Assessment of the child labour situation in Bangladesh is part of an ILO-UNICEF joint effort to develop a Rapid Assessment Methodology for collecting reliable and useful information regarding child labour.

Female employment the window of opportunity for poverty alleviation in Bangladesh

Report on female employment and poverty alleviation in Bangladesh.

Multistakeholder workshop to share the proposed overseas employment policy 2013

The International Labour Organization (ILO) facilitated a day-long workshop organized by the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment (MEWOE) to share the first draft of the proposed Overseas Employment Policy 2013. The initiative...

Human Resource Development Fund to promote employment through skills training

A Human Resource Development Fund will provide extra resources to create jobs for young people in Bangladesh.

New Apprenticeship Cell provides support to apprentices

An Apprenticeship Cell developed with support of ILO will strengthen government capacity to keep track of apprentices and provide them nationally recognized qualifications.

Workshop on designing and implementing effective wage policies

This course focuses on designing and implementing coherent and effective minimum wage policies.

Occupations chosen to support creation of Green Economy for Bangladesh

A workshop held on 20 March 2018 by the International Labour Organization’s Canadian-funded B-SEP project saw occupations selected which meet industry demands and best offer the potential to create green jobs.

Technical consultation on recruitment costs borne by migrant workers

This technical consultation brings together knowledge and experiences of national statistical offices in South Asia, research institutions, statistical experts, implementers of recruitment and migration cost surveys and the ILO to discuss ways of...

The Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) approved – a milestone for Bangladesh

The BNQF weaves together general education, technical-vocational education and higher education into a harmonized quality-assured system. It defines pathways and equivalencies, which provide access to qualifications and assist people to move easily...

Webinar

From Bangladesh to Qatar: Lessons from a fair recruitment pilot in the construction sector

Join a discussion with the partners involved in the pilot, and hear about the lessons and the replicability for other industries and countries.

Annual tripartite progress review of India Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) 2018-22

An annual review meeting of India DWCP was held to review the progress and plan a way forward for year 2021

2nd UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights

This second regional forum aims at raising awareness about business and human rights issues in South Asia and facilitating the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).

The National Steering Committee approves a 10-level Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF)

ILO’s European Union funded Skills 21 project is supporting the Government of Bangladesh to establish the Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) for almost four years now since 2017. The BNQF development is steered by a National...