Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice

Hillol Saha

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Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice

Hillol Saha

Published in International Journal of Law and Society (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 24 February 2023 Accepted: 20 March 2023 Published: 31 March 2023

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Readymade garment industry is one of the most important sources of foreign currency of Bangladesh as well as this sector is the largest employment sector of women. There are more than 5000 garment factories in Bangladesh where 85% of the workers are women. There is legal framework to protect the rights of the women worker but in practice their rights are violated. The working condition, health and safety, minimum wages, working hours, maternity welfare facilities, difficulty to form trade union are the key areas where the rights of the women worker are violated most. Violation of the rights have thrown the women worker to vulnerable situation. This paper attempt to find out the rights of women worker and how the practice of violation of rights projected them to vulnerability. It also seeks to find out the cause of violation of the women workers rights and finally concludes with recommendations to implement the law in practice. This study has suffered from some limitations. Simple Random Sampling method used in this study may cause the problem of getting data from one part beside others which may have an effect on getting accurate results. Beside this, many women worker provide wrong information without understanding the fact.

Published in	International Journal of Law and Society (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24
Page(s)	102-111
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Keywords

Ready-Made Garment, Labour Act, Women Workers Rights, Cause, Violation, Implementation

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Hillol Saha. (2023). Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. International Journal of Law and Society, 6(1), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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Hillol Saha. Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. Int. J. Law Soc. 2023, 6(1), 102-111. doi: 10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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Hillol Saha. Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. Int J Law Soc. 2023;6(1):102-111. doi: 10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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Hillol Saha

Department of Law, Premier University, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Hillol Saha. (2023). Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. International Journal of Law and Society, 6(1), 102-111. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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Hillol Saha. Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. Int. J. Law Soc. 2023, 6(1), 102-111. doi: 10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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Hillol Saha. Rights of the Women Worker of Readymade Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Gaps Between Law and Practice. Int J Law Soc. 2023;6(1):102-111. doi: 10.11648/j.ijls.20230601.24

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 year = {2023}
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