Half of developing world’s workers trapped in vulnerable jobs, says ILO
More than half of the developing world’s workers are trapped in vulnerable jobs, working for themselves or in unpaid family work, according to a report that calls for better quality employment to drive economic growth.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) also highlights an urgent need for 200m new jobs in emerging countries in its annual World of Work report. Without them, young people will be worst hit as youth unemployment rates soar even higher above the jobless rate for all adults, it warns.
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Women become artisans to maintain families
CORR – The Jute Works ( CJW ), an association of Caritas Bangladesh, organizes workshops and training courses to promote the empowerment of women. Since 1973 nearly 5 thousand women have benefited from this. The testimony of Haricha Begum, 38, and Margaret Peris , 57. Craft workshops and training courses for women, to teach them a trade and make them economically and socially independent. This is the spirit that animates CORR -The Jute Works (CJW), an association of Caritas Bangladesh which since its creation - in 1973 - has transformed thousands of girls and mothers in workers able to maintain their families. The products range from furniture to bags, shoes , games, cards, candles and more. Most of these works are made of jute.
Despite strong laws, graft goes unchecked
Bangladesh’s failure to implement laws intended to protect whistleblowers and guarantee its citizens’ right to information has allowed corruption to flourish in the country. This the conclusion reached in a new report by Transparency International, an NGO that monitors and reports on corporate and political corruption.
Despite having a strong Right to Information law, 88 percent of requesters reported having to visit the information provider’s office numerous times, 29 percent reported facing harassment, 26 percent faced difficulties finding the responsible...
Despite having a strong Right to Information law, 88 percent of requesters reported having to visit the information provider’s office numerous times, 29 percent reported facing harassment, 26 percent faced difficulties finding the responsible...
HRW asks for wider inquiry against Rab, its disbandment
New York-based rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Bangladesh authorities to establish an independent body to ‘investigate evidence’ that Rab has been responsible for extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture, and other serious abuses over many years.
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday reiterated its longstanding call that Rab be disbanded, and replaced with a fully accountable civilian law enforcement agency dedicated to fighting crime and terrorism.
“This is a good opportunity for Bangladesh to deliver on its longstanding promise of zero tolerance for human rights violations by security forces,” said Adams. “RAB should be disbanded and replaced with a fully civilian force that operates under the rule of law and has external oversight. Death squads have no place ...
Pakistan court admits petitions of 300,000 stranded in Bangladesh
The apex court in the country has admitted a five-year-old petition seeking repatriation of around 300,000 “stranded Pakistanis” — mostly Biharis based in former East Pakistan when it seceded from Pakistan to become independent Bangladesh but never made it to Pakistan because of financial constraints, hence remaining stranded in a country that refuses to own them and largely forgotten by a country they opted for.
Court sources said yesterday Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Jilani has fixed the petition filed by the Stranded Pakistanis Gen...
Court sources said yesterday Chief Justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Jilani has fixed the petition filed by the Stranded Pakistanis Gen...
Bangladeshi woman rescued from force prostitution in Delhi
Rescued from a brothel at G.B. Road here and sent to Nirmal Chhaya, a Bangladeshi woman will now be escorted to her village and united with her family by the Delhi Police on the orders of a Delhi court. Earlier the Bangladesh Embassy had failed to verify her address when she insisted on going back home.
The court order came after the Nirmal Chhaya welfare officer told the judge that the victim was breaking things at the shelter home as she wanted to return home.
Despite repeated requests, the Bangladesh Embassy did not return a...
Despite repeated requests, the Bangladesh Embassy did not return a...
