domestic workers

A seminar titled “Recognition and Rights of Domestic Workers: Valuing Care Work and the Rights of Care Workers in Bangladesh”, jointly organised by BILS and the International Labour Organization (ILO), was held at a hotel in the capital today (14 July). Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Domestic workers’ rights can’t be ensured without legal protection: Experts

Domestic workers attending the seminar shared their personal experiences, revealing that they often face mental abuse in the workplace

Manusher Jonno Foundation expresses outrage at yet another case of torture against child domestic worker
Bangladesh

Manusher Jonno Foundation expresses outrage at yet another case of torture against child domestic worker

Call for law to protect domestic workers' rights
Bangladesh

Call for law to protect domestic workers' rights

File photo of Mujibul Haque Chunnu. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

‘We need specialised hospitals in upazilas, not mega projects’

Uphold rights of domestic workers: Speakers
Bangladesh

Uphold rights of domestic workers: Speakers

Accurate data on domestic workers stressed to ensure their rights 
Bangladesh

Accurate data on domestic workers stressed to ensure their rights 

Photo: Saudi Gazette
Bangladesh

Saudi Embassy in Bangladesh to start receiving domestic help visa requests

Domestic workers’ inclusion in labour law, ratification of ILO Convention 189 demanded
Bangladesh

Domestic workers’ inclusion in labour law, ratification of ILO Convention 189 demanded

Representational image. Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

591 domestic workers murdered, tortured in last 10 years

Keeping your house clean from bacteria and dirt is one of the most effective ways to curb the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Domestic, service workers seek increase in govt allocation for service sector

Representational Image. Photo: Mumit M/ TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Pandemic renders millions of domestic workers jobless

Domestic workers, along with their children, in Chattogram city come out to the street to seek financial help from people, as they have been pushed into starving situation after their employers asked them to stay home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This photo was taken from the CRB area in the port city yesterday. Photo: Minhaz Uddin
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Virus fallout forces many of Chattogram domestic workers to beg

A BBC undercover investigation found an online market where people in Kuwait could buy domestic servants for as little as £3,000/ BBC photo
World+Biz

Kuwait moves on online slave traders after BBC investigation