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ILO: Disability and Work- Serving up success for disabled job seekers in Bangladesh

Submitted by dfabbri on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 11:06

ILO (01.08.2018) For people with disabilities in Bangladesh, finding a job can be a huge challenge. Yet attitudes are changing, as the private sector increasingly sees the benefits of hiring disabled workers.

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bangladesh
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Disability
Difficult-to-cover groups
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Bangladesh Introduces New Digital Labor Inspection App in Effort to Improve Working Conditions

Submitted by fabbri on Fri, 03/09/2018 - 11:15

sourcingjournalonline (08.03.2018) The Bangladeshi labor inspectorate has gone digital with the launch of a new Labour Inspection Management Application (LIMA). It marks a major move in improving the working conditions for all workers in industrial sectors in Bangladesh as, according to the country’s government, it will upgrade the collection, storage and analysis of data collected during labor inspections. The app was officially introduced this week by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

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bangladesh
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Labour market
Service delivery
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[Opinion] Can Bangladesh become a welfare state?

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 11:23

The Daily Star (17.07.2017) National Social Security Strategy approved by the Cabinet in 2015 points to a strong political commitment of Bangladesh to become a welfare state. The welfare state has potential to provide economic security, advance opportunities and ensure wellbeing for all and should, therefore, be of shared interest to citizens of National Social Security Strategy approved by the Cabinet in 2015 points to a strong political commitment of Bangladesh to become a welfare state.

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bangladesh

Bangladesh: Universal health-care coverage is feasible

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 05/12/2017 - 11:36

D+C - Development + Cooperation /24.04.2017) If the international community is serious about reducing inequality, health care cannot be left to market forces. Solidarity matters. In Bangladesh, the civil-society organisation Gonoshasthaya Kendra is proving that universal coverage is possible.

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bangladesh
Topics
Health
Health insurance
Extension of coverage

Bangladesh: Thrust on taking climate-sensitive social protection schemes

Submitted by monitor on Mon, 04/10/2017 - 11:34

thefinancialexpress (02.10.2016) Speakers at a discussion on Sunday underscored the need for making the existing social protection programmes more climate sensitive by taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster

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Asia
bangladesh
Topics
Social assistance
Shocks & extreme events

Bangladesh: Experts for adaptive social protection plans to deal with disasters

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 16:16

The Financial Express (02.10.2016) Experts have underscored the need for taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes in Bangladesh aiming to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster.

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bangladesh
Topics
Social assistance
Shocks & extreme events
Natural disasters

Bangladesh: Govt trying to cut workplace deaths

Submitted by monitor on Thu, 11/26/2015 - 08:42

The Daily Star (25.11.2015) The government is trying to ensure that no deaths will occur due to a lack of safety in workplaces in the country, said Syed Ahmed, inspector general of the Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishment (DIFE).

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bangladesh
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases

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