We are proud to announce that Taslima Akhter, President of the Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity (BGWS) movement and renowned photographer, is among one of four women to be awarded the […]
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Struggle: Bangladesh Garment Workers’ Solidarity
Exhibition: Sustaining Power
SuPWR is excited to announce several upcoming launch events for our photo exhibition that centres the voices from 16 women’s rights movements across Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The exhibition speaks […]
SuPWR at DSA2024
SuPWR researchers will be taking part in this year’s Development Studies Association (DSA) conference, which takes place online and in person at SOAS, London from the 26 to 28 June. […]
De-democratisation in South Asia weakens gender equality
This year, millions of people in South Asia head to the polls. Potential outcomes of elections in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, however, do not bode well for women’s rights or […]
Protest, minimum wage, and the ‘helplessness’ of RMG workers in Bangladesh
How can we expect workers of the country’s leading export industry to support themselves with a wage that does not meet their basic needs? As guaranteed by Article 37 of […]
The struggle to end gender-based violence in the workplace
Around the world, women are disproportionately affected by explicit gender-based violence (GBV) at work or on their way to work, for example, threats or acts of verbal, physical or sexual […]
Countering the intergenerational impact of Backlash
We recently attended two events organised by Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity (BGWS). One event commemorated a former colleague Aminul Islam Shama, former Organisational Secretary, Central Committee of Garment Sramik Samhati […]
Challenges of RMG trade unions: a perspective from labour rights activists
“Teach a man to fish, but the fish he catches aren’t his. They belong to the person paying him to fish. And if he’s lucky he might get paid enough […]