Electrical installation and maintanance students at Institute of Marine Technology Bagerhat in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has been an active Member State of ILO since 22 June 1972 and has ratified 36 ILO Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions, and two of the four governance Conventions. The ILO supports the Government of Bangladesh, and its social partners (workers' and employers' organisations) advance the decent work agenda through the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP).

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Formalization key to shared prosperity with workers in Bangladesh’s informal sector
A trader at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh arranges vegetables

Opinion

Formalization key to shared prosperity with workers in Bangladesh’s informal sector

Advancing Decent Work in Bangladesh project launched to support labour sector reforms
Key partners of the Advancing decent work in Bangladesh at the project launch in Dhaka

Decent work

Advancing Decent Work in Bangladesh project launched to support labour sector reforms

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Publications

Rapid market analysis of the salt value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the salt value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Rapid market analysis of the seaweed value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Work diversification

Rapid market analysis of the seaweed value chain in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

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Labour statistics

Labour statistics

The latest data on the Bangladesh labour market from the ILOSTAT database

This is a photograph of a specialized garment worker at work on a complex piece of machinery in a clothing factory in Bangladesh

Labour standards

This is a photograph of a specialized garment worker at work on a complex piece of machinery in a clothing factory in Bangladesh

Projects and programmes

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Employability of women workers

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Reintegration for Migrant Workers: Enhancing Policies, Capacities and Systems for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration

Migrant workers

Reintegration for Migrant Workers: Enhancing Policies, Capacities and Systems for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration

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This is a photograph of a Bangladeshi woman in a ready-made garment factory in Bangladesh
Development cooperation dashboard

Development cooperation dashboard

The dashboard shows ILO Bangladesh's funding sources and programme areas.

Tripartite partners

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This is a screenshot of Mrs. Zulekha, a beneficiary of the groundbreaking employment injury scheme being piloted in Bangladesh with support from the ILO. She is telling the story of how losing her son at work impacted her life in a video..

Multimedia

This is a screenshot of Mrs. Zulekha, a beneficiary of the groundbreaking employment injury scheme being piloted in Bangladesh with support from the ILO. She is telling the story of how losing her son at work impacted her life in a video..
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Opportunities at the ILO

This is a photo of an ILO Bangladesh female staff member sending a key message on what the ILO does - working for safe, respectful work environments.
Opportunities at the ILO

ILO Country Office for Bangladesh

PPD Secretariat Office Complex

Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh

Events

Launch of the Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook (APESO) 2024 report

Launch of the Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook (APESO) 2024 report

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Asia and the Pacific
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Asia and the Pacific

India
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India

Pakistan
School children at the brick kiln in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Malaysia
A worker in a Malaysian latex glove factory

Malaysia