women migrant workers

When search for a livelihood ends in abuse and death

On October 24, Abiron Begum’s family members received her dead body in a coffin from the Shahjalal International Airport.

Our women migrant workers must be protected

Try as we might to reconcile the two trends in Bangladesh's development story, one consistently positive and the other indicative of a lack of distributive justice, we may fail to make the pieces of the puzzle fit, and therefore, marvel at it as a “miracle” development.

Torture of Women Migrant Workers / TIB slams inertia of government

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the return of several hundred female migrant

South Asian Women in Middle East: Work contracts do little to deter abuse

Hundreds of thousands of South Asian women migrant workers in the Middle East have signed employment contracts that they do not understand or do not adequately protect them against discrimination and abuse, says a new report.

October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019

When search for a livelihood ends in abuse and death

On October 24, Abiron Begum’s family members received her dead body in a coffin from the Shahjalal International Airport.

September 28, 2018
September 28, 2018

Our women migrant workers must be protected

Try as we might to reconcile the two trends in Bangladesh's development story, one consistently positive and the other indicative of a lack of distributive justice, we may fail to make the pieces of the puzzle fit, and therefore, marvel at it as a “miracle” development.

July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018

TIB slams inertia of government

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the return of several hundred female migrant

December 22, 2017
December 22, 2017

South Asian Women in Middle East: Work contracts do little to deter abuse

Hundreds of thousands of South Asian women migrant workers in the Middle East have signed employment contracts that they do not understand or do not adequately protect them against discrimination and abuse, says a new report.

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