Saber Hossain Chowdhury, special envoy of the prime minister on environment and climate change, yesterday stressed the importance of having a mindset to look at development both from the lens of economic benefit as well as public health.
Readymade garment workers encountered five forms of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in their workplaces, according to a study released yesterday.
There must be a legal framework in place for workers in the informal sector to provide workplace safety, maternity leave, and a fixed work hour, speakers told a seminar yesterday.
Setting up victim support centres at upazila and union levels and improved contact with the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs are key issues to implementing the Domestic Violence Prevention and Protection Act, 2010, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
Female tannery workers should have access to maternity leaves and other necessary health services to ensure safe childbirth, said speakers at a workshop yesterday.