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Aganagar Union Parishad of Keranigonj Upazila is committed to eliminate Child Labour from the Informal Local RMG located in the area Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) and Aganagar Union Parishad jointly organized a meeting to prepare an action oriented plan to work out a smooth transition to eliminate child […]

Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed (Additional secretary), Inspector General (IG), Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE)A joint initiative of Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF), Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) and Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) with Factory Owners of the tannery industry on the implementation of the National Plan of Action to achieve

A multi-stakeholders meeting was organized on 18th January 2022 jointly by Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) and Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE). The meeting was presided by the Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Keraniganj. A K M Salah Uddin, DIG, Dhaka office, DIFE has given the opening speech in the session. He mentioned an action

Inter-ministerial co-ordination is much needed to formulate a specific law to prevent harassment and violence at workplace and educational institutions – said the speakers at the round table discussion of Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) Mina Masud Uzzaman, Additional Inspector General (Joint Secretary), Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE), Ministry of Labour and Employment

9th December 2022 at the Conference Room of BLF a project review meeting was held with Ruben Korevaar, Policy Advisor of Mondiaal FNV and Md. Shahinur Rahman, Bangladesh Consultant of Mondiaal FNV. It was a nice sharing meeting that we have achieved from the support of Mondiaal FNV in Local RMG and Tannery industry through

25 November 2022 :: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women “UNITE! Activism to end violence against women and girls” Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) has observer the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with rallies, human chain, discussion meetings in different different industrial cluster across the country. With these activities Bangladesh Labour

Keisha Adams, Program Officer and Haley Smith, Program Officer of Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) under United States Department of State and Mohammad Sadat S. Shibli, Director of The Asia Foundation visited Tannery Industrial Estate, Savar, Dhaka. During the visit, the visitors met with the leaders of Tannery Workers Union. They discussed about

Bangladesh Labour Foundation launched Workplace Occupational Safety and Health Training Program in Informal RMG with the Support of BracBLF organized 4 batches of training for the workers of informal RMG in Keranigonj on the Workplace Occupational Safety and Health on 4th November 2022. 80 workers of Informal RMG participated in the training. The major topics

Bangladesh Labour Foundation (BLF) organized a day long non-residential refreshers training on OSH, Labour Rights, GBV and Advocacy/Negotiation skills for Tannery Workers with the financial and technical support of The Asia Foundation (TAF).   Training Venue: The Luncheon Restaurant, Hemayetpur, Savar, Dhaka   Participants: 25 workers from 10 factories of the Tannery Industries   Objective:

Bangladesh Labour Foundation held special events along with affiliates, allies and associate organizations on the occasion of International Home-based Workers’ Day. October 20 is marked as the International Home-based Workers’ Day. This year the day is observed with a theme “Let’s organise and grow the Home-based Workers Movement”. In Bangladesh, there were about 3.2 million