| dc.description.abstract | Violations of the rights of women workers have become the most common .feature of
almost all ready-made garment (RMG) industries in Bangladesh. Despite legal
framework, women workers' rights are ignored in RMG sector in Bangladesh. ll/orking
conditions in RMG sector of Bangladesh is deplorable. Although the garments industty
belongs to the formal sector, the recruitment procedure, job insecurity, ircegular wage
payment, deprivation of minimum wage, promotion exposure, forced overwork, sexual
harassment, excessive working hour, maternity leave, dfficulties to form trade union,
health and safee issues are key factors for the violation of women workers' rights in
the RMG sector. At present, garment factories virtually become death traps .for the
workers in case offire or other accidents. In most cases, the workers do not even get
proper compensation for such accidents. Lack of monitoring of the government,
cortuption, construction of defective buildings, hazardous working conditions in rented
buildings, violation of labour laws and lack of elfective prosecution have put the RMG
sector under serious threat. This article presents d view of how women workers in the
RMG sector are projected to vulnerabilily. It also seeks to expose the causes of
violation of the rights of women workers and finally it concludes with
recommendations to overcome the problem. | en_US |
