Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a Meeting for reviewing the Action Plan towards to achieve social compliance in the tannery industry on 26th October 2021 at the Conference Room of BLF Head Office. Earlier as per direction of the formal Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, a one-year duration Action Plan towards achieving social compliance […]
Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a Training for the Safety Committee Members of Local RMG in Keraniganj. The training was organized at Cusie Development Centre, Keraniganj on 22nd October, 2021. The main objective of this training is to build the capacity of the safety committee members on how to ensure decent workplace in the factory
In the day-long training for the female leaders and potential leaders of the Tannery Industry, Sisilia Biswas (Freelancer Consultant) discussed about personal hygiene, use of safe water, sanitation, cleanliness, menstrual hygiene and reproductive health. She also discussed mental health during menstrual time. Abdul Malake, Secretary of Tannery Workers Union was present as a Chief guest.
The Vulnerable Group Development (VGD) programme is the largest social safety net program of the Government of Bangladesh that exclusively target ultra-poor households across the country. To ensure sustainability of development results and to provide women with opportunities to further improved their livelihood of VGD participants, Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) have been implementing this project
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In the day-long training for the women committee of local RMG in Keraniganj, Manjun Nahar, gender expert, discussed about personal and menstrual hygiene using safe water, sanitation and cleanliness. She also discussed on mental health during menstrual time. It is expected that after the training participants will be more aware on their personal and menstrual
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BLF organized a closing ceremony of a successful “Child Labour School Program” at Shapna Community Center, Aganagar, South Keraniganj, Dhaka on 22nd September 2021. Md. Anwar Hossain, Deputy Secretary of NGO Affairs Bureau as Chief guest, Md. A K M Salauddin, Deputy Inspector General, DIFE as special guest, Md. Tofajjol Hossain, Join Secretary as representative of
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A joint meeting has been organised by BLF with the Ministry of Labour and Employment at the secretariat on 8th September at 4 PM. Begum Monnujan Sufian, MP, Honorable State MinisterMinistry of Labour and Employment presided the meeting where Md. Ehsane Elahi, Secretary, Mole; Md. Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Inspector General (Additional Secretary), Department of Inspection
BLF and DIFE jointly organized an awareness session on 17.08.2021 at Kushi Capacity Development Center with the owners, workers, trade union leaders and local leaders to eliminate child labor from the local readymade garment industries. The main objective of this meeting was to build consensus among these stakeholders on the elimination of child labour from local
A total of 2 awareness raising meetings with the workers on Occupational Health and Safety (OSH) & COVID-19 precaution measures were conducted at different towers. Through this number of meetings, we have reached 20 workers directly to make them aware of practicing using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) relevant to Local RMG works. After returning from the meeting,
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Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a 4 days long residential ToT on Occupational Safety & Health (OSH), Labour Law, Trade Unionism, Collective Bargaining Association (CBA) and Negotiation skills for the Core Group Members of Local RMG. The training was organized at CCDB Hope Foundation, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka on 16th August to 19th August 2021 with
