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Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a day long non-residential refreshers training on OSH, Labour Rights, GBV and Advocacy/Negotiation skills for Tannery Workers with the financial and technical support of The Asia Foundation (TAF).   Training Venue: The Luncheon Restaurant, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka   Participants: 25 workers from 10 factories of the Tannery Industries   Objective: […]

Bangladesh Labour Foundation held special events along with affiliates, allies and associate organizations on the occasion of International Home-based Workers’ Day. October 20 is marked as the International Home-based Workers’ Day. This year the day is observed with a theme “Let’s organise and grow the Home-based Workers Movement”. In Bangladesh, there were about 3.2 million

A very Happy International Home-Based Workers to all our home-based worker sisters, our members orgs and allies of the HBW movement across South Asia and the world! On the occasion of International Home-Based Workers Day, our home based worker sisters and brothers from across South Asia and HomeNet International walking through the streets of Kathmandu,

Looking at building a better and more financially inclusive ecosystem for women, Bangladesh Labour Foundation is working in the Vulnerable Women Benefit (VWB) Program of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, GoB. This program aims to improve the nutritional status of women, children and adolescents through improved food consumption, education, skills development, livelihood diversification

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) has been working with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoB to eliminate child labour from hazardous work. Nearly one thousand child workers are now under BLF skill development program who those are engaged in the listed hazardous sector of Bangladesh Government. In BLF skill development center, the children are given

Mr. Sirajul Islam Khan, Assignment Officer (Senior Assistant Secretary), NGO Affairs Bureau, Office of the Prime Minister visited in Keranigonj to observe the situation of Local RMG including the child labour situation. He visited few factories and attended in an awareness session with the factory owners and workers on the elimination of child labour from

With the support of Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) organized a meeting with Employers’ Associations and Trade Unions of Keraniganj Local RMG on October 16, 2022, at the Office of the Deputy Inspector General, Dhaka District. The objective of the meeting is to share the progress of the

Representatives from the Mondiaal FNV visited Keraniganj along with Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) where Ruben Korevaar, Policy Officer; Eva Scheffer, Fund Raising Officer and Md. Shahinur Rahman, Consultant of MondiaalFNV were present. Executive Director of BLF and other senior officers were present during the visit. They have observed the condition of the Local RMG on

Ruben Korevaar, Policy Officer; Eva Scheffer, Fund Raising Officer and Md. Shahinur Rahman, Consultant of MondiaalFNV visited project office of Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) in Savar Tannery Estate, Dhaka. During this time they have visited different factories and discussed with the employers regarding the current status of TIE, Dhaka. Later they met with the leaders