Electrical installation and maintanance students at Institute of Marine Technology Bagerhat in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has been an active Member State of ILO since 22 June 1972 and has ratified 36 ILO Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions, and two of the four governance Conventions. The ILO supports the Government of Bangladesh, and its social partners (workers' and employers' organisations) advance the decent work agenda through the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP).

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Bangladesh garment sector injury scheme to include commuting accidents
Members of the Bangladesh employment injury scheme Governing Board at their 8th meeting held in May 2024

Social security

Bangladesh garment sector injury scheme to include commuting accidents

International labour standards a vital toolbox for Bangladesh’s sustainable development prospects
Gwyn Lewis, the UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh

LDC graduation

International labour standards a vital toolbox for Bangladesh’s sustainable development prospects

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Publications

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

Skills demand and supply assessment in the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar region, Bangladesh

Skills demand and supply assessment in the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar region, Bangladesh

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This is a photograph of workers from a readymade garment factory leaving work at the end of the day.
Labour statistics

Labour statistics

The latest data on the Bangladesh labour market from the ILOSTAT database

This is a photograph of a specialized garment worker at work on a complex piece of machinery in a clothing factory in Bangladesh

Labour standards

This is a photograph of a specialized garment worker at work on a complex piece of machinery in a clothing factory in Bangladesh

Projects and programmes

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Employability of women workers

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Building Youth Capacity and Network in Asia Pacific

Enterprise development

Building Youth Capacity and Network in Asia Pacific

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This is a photograph of a Bangladeshi woman in a ready-made garment factory in Bangladesh
Development cooperation dashboard

Development cooperation dashboard

The dashboard shows ILO Bangladesh's funding sources and programme areas.

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This is a screenshot of Mrs. Zulekha, a beneficiary of the groundbreaking employment injury scheme being piloted in Bangladesh with support from the ILO. She is telling the story of how losing her son at work impacted her life in a video..

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This is a screenshot of Mrs. Zulekha, a beneficiary of the groundbreaking employment injury scheme being piloted in Bangladesh with support from the ILO. She is telling the story of how losing her son at work impacted her life in a video..
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Opportunities at the ILO

This is a photo of an ILO Bangladesh female staff member sending a key message on what the ILO does - working for safe, respectful work environments.
Opportunities at the ILO

ILO Country Office for Bangladesh

PPD Secretariat Office Complex

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

Events

ISEC project design workshop on the SBCC Campaign

Skills and enterprise

ISEC project design workshop on the SBCC Campaign

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Asia and the Pacific

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Mother and daughter sitting together in their home

India

Pakistan
School children at the brick kiln in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Malaysia
A worker in a Malaysian latex glove factory

Malaysia