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Bangladesh Tackles Conditions Of Women Factory Workers

Bangladesh Tackles Conditions Of Women Factory Workers

22 December 1997

Women account for ninety percent of Bangladesh's garment industry workforce which earns approximately two-thirds of the country's foreign exchange. But young village women face difficult working conditions as they strive to lift themselves out of poverty. With assistance from the Asian Development Bank

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Categories
News & Features / Features / UN in Action
Subject Topical
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN
WOMEN WORKERS
HUMAN RIGHTS
WORKER'S RIGHTS
MANUFACTURING
Geographic Subject
ASIA
BANGLADESH
MAMS Id
UNA0542
Parent Id
UNA0542

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Women account for ninety percent of Bangladesh's garment industry workforce which earns approximately two-thirds of the country's foreign exchange. But young village women face difficult working conditions as they strive to lift themselves out of poverty. With assistance from the Asian Development Bank

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