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Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), in collaboration with ETI Bangladesh, organized another Safety Committee training on 29 October 2025 under the ‘Improving Environmental and Social Conditions in the Savar Tannery Estate, Bangladesh’ project, as part of the SMEP Programme. Tannery workers and management representatives joined hands to strengthen their knowledge on forming and operating Safety Committees in […]

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized training on Safety Committee, in collaboration with ETI Bangladesh, under the ‘Improving Environmental and Social Conditions in the Savar Tannery Estate, Bangladesh’ Project on 25 October 2025, as part of The SMEP Programme.The participants, comprising tannery workers and management representatives, came together to deepen their understanding of the purpose, functions,

Forced and child labour continue to exist in the hidden layers of Bangladesh’s apparel industry, especially in subcontracted and home-based production units.Study reveals that nearly 80% of child labourers work in subcontracted or mixed-contract factories, and 98% of them are not in school. Many work more than 36 hours a week, often to support their

Real change starts when everyone comes together with a shared purpose. That’s exactly what happened when representatives from 36 tanneries, the Tannery Workers Union, and the Bangladesh Tanners Association came together for a day-long workshop on Advancing Social Compliance Towards LWG Certification.The session turned into a lively exchange of ideas, where participants discussed challenges, shared

A two-day long Training on Anti-Harassment was organized by The Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) in collaboration with ETI Bangladesh under the project ‘Improving Environmental and Social Conditions in the Savar Tannery Estate, Bangladesh’ on 22–23 October 2025 at BRAC CDM in Savar, as part of The SMEP Programme. The training brought together tannery factory workers and

A K M Ashraf Uddin, the Executive Director of BLF, recently joined as a distinguished panelist at “Road to COP30: Multi-Stakeholder National Dialogue on Just Transition” organized by YouthNet Global and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh. In his remarks, Mr. Ashraf Uddin emphasized the importance of ensuring job security, addressing informalization, reducing skills gaps, and creating decent

Bangladesh has taken a historic step by officially including the concept of Just Transition in its NDC 3.0, a milestone that links climate ambition with social justice and labour rights. To carry this progress forward and ensure that workers remain at the centre of climate action, the Bangladesh Labour Foundation – BLF, in collaboration with the

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a training on Safety Committee, in collaboration with ETI Bangladesh under the ‘Improving Environmental and Social Conditions in the Savar Tannery Estate, Bangladesh’ Project on 19 October 2025 in Dhaka under the  The session brought together tannery factory workers and management representatives to strengthen their understanding of Safety Committees in

The six-day long training on “𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐖𝐂, 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬” held from 14–19 October 2025, successfully jointly organized by Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), Mondiaal FNV versterkt werknemers wereldwijd, and WageIndicator, and funded by the European Union in Bangladesh. This program equipping data enumerators with essential knowledge and practical skills to ensure ethical,

Two days long Data Enumerator’s Training on National Labour Laws and International Standards was arranged by Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) on 12-13 October, 2025 at Hotel After Hours, Dhaka. This initiative aimed to strengthen the capacity of data enumerators to conduct effective field-level surveys under the “Decent Work Due Diligence” project, funded by the European