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Article
ILO in Bangladesh to steer UN’s disability inclusion agenda for next two years
03 December 2023
The ILO Country Director for Bangladesh Tuomo Poutiainen has been selected as the next UN Disability Champion. On behalf of the UN agencies based in Bangladesh, he will coordinate the UN Disability Inclusion Task Team that works to mainstream disability inclusion in the UN
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Labour Market Data
Latest Bangladesh Labour Force Survey incorporates first-ever disability data
30 November 2023
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has published the Labour Force Survey 2022, incorporating for the first time ever, indicators for measuring disability inclusivity, a major step towards ensuring no one is left behind.
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Skills and enterprise
Multistakeholder consultation to boost market connectivity for local agribusinesses in Cox's Bazar
19 November 2023
To promote wider market connectivity for local agribusinesses in Cox's Bazar
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Minimum wage
Statement on the minimum wage in the Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) sector
15 November 2023
ILO calls for all parties to continue to engage in constructive dialogue to reach a consensus beneficial to workers and industry alike.
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Child Care
Bangladesh holds dialogue to chart way forward for the childcare economy
13 November 2023
The Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs together with ILO and UN Women held a consultative dialogue on ways of effectively scaling up accessible, affordable, and quality childcare services to all parents and children countrywide.
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Article
Unlocking the potential of CMSMEs in Bangladesh
11 October 2023
Despite impressive economic growth of more than six per cent per annum in the past decade, policymakers and businesses in Bangladesh continue to ponder why the country continues to rank low in productivity and innovation indices
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Article
Fulfilling social protection for older persons in Bangladesh
03 October 2023
Ensuring income security for people in old age is a crucial dimension of the UN common agenda of social security and universal social protection for all. The rights of older people to social security and to an adequate standard of living are laid down in the major international human rights instruments.
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Skills and enterprise
Empowering Cox’s Bazar: Transformative Project for Women and Youth
22 September 2023
International Labour Organization (ILO) Bangladesh and the Ministry of Youth and Sports have launched a transformative project, "Leaving No One Behind: Improving Skills and Economic Opportunities for Women & Youth in Cox's Bazar (ISEC)” that will equip Bangladeshi women and youth with the skills to improve their chances of getting decent work or starting their own businesses.
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Skills and enterprise
ILO and the Government of Bangladesh launch skills and economic livelihoods project for women and youth in Cox’s Bazar
05 September 2023
24,000 Bangladeshis, 18 to 35 years old, will learn valuable skills for work and business.
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Article
Community-based Child Labour Monitoring System rescues Bangladesh’s future teachers
30 August 2023
A community-based child labour monitoring system supported by ILO in Bangladesh is identifying and rescuing children from poor families who would have otherwise been trapped and lost in the vicious circle of abject poverty.