Statistics For home-based workers demanded

Statistics For home-based workers demanded

If the government takes some initiatives for the development of the home based workers like inclusion of them into Bangladesh’ Statistics Record and providing policy support they can be self reliant through contributing to the national economy.

It was demanded at a daylong workshop titled Statistics for women home Based workshop at the head office of Sanirvor Bangladesh at Lalmatia in the city on Tuesday.

Bangladesh Homework women Association (BHWA)
And Home net Bangladesh (HNB) arranged the work shop in association with United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Home based workers leader and Secretary of Bangladesh Home workers women Association (BHWA) Dilruba Anguri was present as the chief discussant.

Working president of Bangladesh free Trade Union Congress A A Mukit Khan and trade union leader Bangladesh Nizam, Fazlul Haque and Coordinator
of Home Net Bangladesh Selim Reza also spoke on the occasion.
In his speech, Badruddoza Nizam said “when our neighboring country India has taken some pragmatic initiatives for the development home based workers then our home based workers are lagging behind due to lack of facilities.”

“If we are able to take some in some initiatives especially designed keeping in view the socio economic back ground of the home based workers we can improve in some sectors like reduction of child labour ,” he also said.

Speakers said Bangladesh has been experiencing population sector needs encourage and support so that it can help remove unemployment from the country that is creating a great threat to the development of our socio economic condition.

A total of 45 home based workers leaders across the country and representatives of the governments organization and NGOs and trade union leaders attended the workshop.

Workers who produce products at their homes and favorite places without control of any ownership are called home based workers. BHWA, an NGO is now working country wide with a view to improving socio-economic conditions of home based workers.