A weekly round up of articles about employment, the labor market, skills training and workforce development. This week’s round up is drawn from The Daily Star. Here is the news for the week ending 5th October, 2017.
This week in the Bangladesh English Press…
Women’s empowerment is still a challenge in Bangladesh.
The number of working women in Bangladesh has decreased significantly over the past ten years. Women entrepreneurs are not getting proper access to bank loans. And discrimination in the workplace is still common.
In the construction industry working conditions for both women and men have become increasingly unsafe. The industry lacks regulation and proper safety measures. And this often leads to death and serious injury.
In the agriculture sector, discrimination against small women farmers is prevalent. So they are excluded from the credit services provided by the state.