Garment workers in Bangladesh leaving a factory at the end of day

Bangladesh

Garment workers in Bangladesh leaving a factory at the end of day © Better Work Bangladesh

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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Strengthening childcare services in Bangladesh: Building a skilled and certified workforce
ILO and Government officials receive a warm welcome from children and staff at the childcare facilities

Care economy

Strengthening childcare services in Bangladesh: Building a skilled and certified workforce

International Labour Organization and Mahidol University strengthen partnership to advance social health protection in Asia
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Mahidol University and ILO.

Social health protection

International Labour Organization and Mahidol University strengthen partnership to advance social health protection in Asia

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Publications

Volunteering, unpaid care work and gender in lower-income countries

ILO-UNV Joint publication

Volunteering, unpaid care work and gender in lower-income countries

Skills needs intelligence to inform migration policy and governance

Seven country cases review

Skills needs intelligence to inform migration policy and governance

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This is a photograph of workers from a readymade garment factory leaving work at the end of the day.
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

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

Project: Skills development and labour migration

Supporting a Talent Partnership with Bangladesh

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Project: Employability of women workers

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

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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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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

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

Bangladesh study mission on skills development in the Philippines

Skills development

Bangladesh study mission on skills development in the Philippines

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Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

India
Mother and daughter sitting together in their home

India

Pakistan
School children at the brick kiln in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Malaysia
A worker in a Malaysian latex glove factory

Malaysia