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Legal protection of domestic workers is a must

DOMESTIC workers, mostly women and children, continue to work without any legal and policy protection in Bangladesh. A 12-year-old who was allegedly raped by her employer and is currently being treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital brings to light the issue of a legally unprotected workplace for domestic workers. This is, however, not an isolated incident. In...

Domestic workers’ legal protection long overdue

DOMESTIC workers, mostly women and children, continue to work without any policy protection in Bangladesh. The labour and women’s affairs advisers, when discussing domestic workers’ demands, including their employment status and workplace safety on April 27, proposed the idea of setting up a complaint mechanism for domestic workers. Many domestic workers...