Empowering Women RMG Workers Project Bangladesh

Name of Project: Empowering Women RMG Workers Project Bangladesh

Lead Partner: ActionAid Bangladesh

Project Partners: AWAJ Foundation, Agrajattra, Karmojibi Nari, Population Services and Training Center (PSTC)

Project Location: Bangladesh (Dhaka and Chittagong)

Project Description

Following on from the experience and learning from a previous GTZ-supported project, AAB and partners are aiming to improve the working conditions of women workers in RMG production industries in Bangladesh (Dhaka and Chittagong).  It targets 200,000 women RMG workers in 1,000 factories.

The project expects to empower women RMG workers to claim their worker rights and improve working conditions in targeted production industries via:

• training and have a comprehensive understanding on the Bangladesh Labour Law
• establishing a functional participation committee and be able to effectively mediate conflict between workers and management
• RMG factory owners and management will be sensitized on the benefits of compliance and will be aware on the importance of a gender friendly workplace
• (by the end of the project) a movement of RMG workers for living wage campaign will take hold.

The expected benefits of the project interventions include:

• women RMG workers having a comprehensive understanding of the Bangladesh Labour Law
• women RMG workers have a collective voice in the form of a functional participation committee and are able to effectively mediate conflict between management and worker
• RMG factory owners and management understand the benefits of compliance and are persuaded of the business case for better work and management
• factory management and owners are aware on the importance of a gender friendly workplace
• a movement of RMG workers for living wage campaign takes hold.