Informal Works
Lack of security in formal sector compelled street vendors to remain informal sector Street vendors are not in a position
Domestic Workers
Domestic children and women workers suffer silently in Bangladesh.
Domestic workers are a highly vulnerable group in Bangladesh.
High proportion of domestic workers are children and women.
Domestic workers do not know about their rights and suffer in silence when these rights are violated.
Lack of practical and effective legal process to enforce their rights or to ensure their benefits and privileges.
Domestic workers in any country form a marginalized and highly vulnerable group – this is especially so in Bangladesh. They are not only disadvantaged but also disenfranchised. The situation is more acute because a very high proportion of domestic workers are children and women. Poor rural families often send their kids/women to live and work with well-to-do urban families or abroad, often to improve their difficult economic conditions and provide some path to a better future for their children. But they do not know about their rights and suffer in silence when these rights are violated. They work very long hours without any specified working conditions. In most cases, they do not have ways to vent their grievances. They do not have any practical and effective legal process to enforce their rights or to ensure their benefits and privileges.
Sectors list
Street work
Lack of security in formal sector compelled street vendors to remain informal sector Street vendors play a significant role to
Waste Pickers
Waste pickers significantly contribute to green economy but not recognized and victim of discrimination 120,000 waste pickers in Dhaka, recycled
Home Based Workers
Home-based workers need better access to financial markets and better capacities to compete in product markets 71% of all women