Electrical installation and maintanance students at Institute of Marine Technology Bagerhat in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh has been an active Member State of ILO since 22 June 1972 and has ratified 36 ILO Conventions and one Protocol, including eight of the ten fundamental Conventions, and two of the four governance Conventions. The ILO supports the Government of Bangladesh, and its social partners (workers' and employers' organisations) advance the decent work agenda through the ILO Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP).

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New ILO report highlights urgent need for improved labour and social protection for domestic workers in ASEAN
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Social protection

New ILO report highlights urgent need for improved labour and social protection for domestic workers in ASEAN

Regional meet seeks to strengthen unemployment protection schemes across Asia
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Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Regional meet seeks to strengthen unemployment protection schemes across Asia

Publications

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

Social protection

World social protection report 2024-26: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting#3

South Asia Qualifications Referencing Framework: Technical Meeting#3

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This is a photograph of workers from a readymade garment factory leaving work at the end of the day.
Labour statistics

Labour statistics

The latest data on the Bangladesh labour market from the ILOSTAT database

Projects and programmes

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Project: Employability of women workers

Promoting Gender Responsive Enterprise Development and TVET Systems (ProGRESS)

Reintegration for Migrant Workers: Enhancing Policies, Capacities and Systems for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration

Project

Reintegration for Migrant Workers: Enhancing Policies, Capacities and Systems for Inclusive and Sustainable Reintegration

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This is a photograph of a Bangladeshi woman in a ready-made garment factory in Bangladesh
Development cooperation dashboard

Development cooperation dashboard

The dashboard shows ILO Bangladesh's funding sources and programme areas.

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Events

Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Regional meeting

Asia Expert Roundtable on Unemployment Protection 2024

Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

India
Mother and daughter sitting together in their home

India

Pakistan
School children at the brick kiln in Islamabad.

Pakistan

Malaysia
A worker in a Malaysian latex glove factory

Malaysia