Decent Work

Bangladesh’s garment workers face grave reproductive health and safety challenges, according to ICDDR.B’s first cohort study. Conducted over two years in Dhaka and Gazipur slums, the research followed 778 young female workers. Findings highlight widespread adolescent marriage, early pregnancies, increased violence at home and in workplaces, and minimal factory-based services. The evidence offers a basis for policy and programme reforms in the sector.

Shoemaking that had thrived during the Mughal Era, surviving British Raj, and burgeoning after Independence, today sees itself back to where it had all started. The city of love in India needs to find a feasible solution to the carcinogenic waste of its footwear industry.

Seeking to address key challenges in the cotton sector, the Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) has launched its Decent Work Strategy, a pivotal initiative aimed at improving working conditions and protection for organic cotton farmers, farm workers, and their communities.