Bangladesh

Who Should Be Accountable for the Bangladesh Building Collapse?

Fatal Fashion Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: A call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives

The Informal Sector and Informal Employment in Bangladesh

This report contains the findings of the 2010 labour force survey and the related suvey of informal sector enterprises. The surveys were...

Home-Based Workers in Bangladesh: Statistics and Trends

This brief presents estimates of home-based workers in Bangladesh based on two rounds of labour force surveys (nationally representative...

Housing and Urban Service Needs of Home-Based Workers: Findings From a Seven-Country Study

This policy brief considers linkages between urban infrastructure and livelihood issues for home-based workers. It is based on a series of...

Decent Work for Homeworkers in Global Supply Chains Platform of Demands

Advocacy MaterialThousands of homeworkers contributed, directly or indirectly, to the demands contained in this Platform.

Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

“Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

VIDEO: Bangladesh leather industry exposes workers to toxic hazards

From PBS NewsHour: “Rotting animal hides and toxic chemicals. That’s the stench emanating from a neighborhood in Bangladesh’s...

Promotion of Decent Work for Homebased Workers

With a vision of improving living standards and securing workplace rights, decent work environments, living wages, and fostering social dialogue...

Labour at Informal Economy (LIE)

Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) is a membership-based organization that represents 2,865 workers who work as street vendors, waste pickers,...