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Citizen’s Initiatives On

CEDAW Alternative Report

Thematic Area – CEDAW and Workers Rights

Content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................4

1. OVERVIEW:.............................................................................................................................................41.1. PROCESS: PREPARE THE THEMATIC REPORT....................................................................................41.3. RECOMMENDATION OF CEDAW COMMITTEE - 2004 FOR FORMAL SECTOR:..............................41.3.1. GOVERNMENT'S INITIATIVES:.........................................................................................................51.4. RECOMMENDATION OF CEDAW COMMITTEE - 1997 FOR INFORMAL SECTOR:...........................51.4.1. GOVERNMENT’S INITIATIVES:............................................................................................................51.5. PRESENT SCENARIO:...........................................................................................................................5

CHAPTER - 1.................................................................................................................................................6

2. LINK BETWEEN MACRO SCENARIO AND GLOBAL CONTEXT:.............................................................62.1. STATISTICAL REPORT OF BANGLADESH LABOUR FORCE.....................................................................62.2. WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN WORK FORCE:....................................................................................62.3. GAPS AND LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING LABOR LAW:.........................................................................82.4. PRACTICES:..........................................................................................................................................82.5. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN DIFFERENT SECTORS:.............................................................................9

CHAPTER - 2.................................................................................................................................................9

3. MACRO SCENARIO OF BANGLADESH:....................................................................................................93.1. WOMEN INVOLVE IN LABOR FORCE:................................................................................................103.2. WOMEN ENGAGED ACCORDING TO PROFESSION.............................................................................104. MICRO SCENARIO OF BANGLADESH (ANALYSIS IN SPECIFIC AREA):...............................................10

4.1. Agriculture....................................................................................................................................104.1.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................104.2. Garment Industries:......................................................................................................................114.2.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................114.3. Rice Processing Workers:..............................................................................................................124.3.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................124.4. Shrimp Processing Workers:........................................................................................................124.4.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................134.5. Construction Workers:...................................................................................................................134.5.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................134.6. Tea Plantation:..............................................................................................................................134.6.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................144.7. Biri Industry:.................................................................................................................................144.7.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:.........................................................................................144.8. Domestic Workers:.........................................................................................................................154.8.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitation:...........................................................................................15

CHAPTER – 3...............................................................................................................................................15

5. MAJOR INITIATIVES:............................................................................................................................155.1. Initiatives and limitations of Bangladesh Government:..............................................................155.2. Civil Society Initiatives:................................................................................................................165.3. Trade Union Initiatives:................................................................................................................16

CHAPTER - 4...............................................................................................................................................16

6. Suggestions and Recommendations...................................................................................................16

Executive Summary

1. Overview:Citizen’s Initiatives on CEDAW alternative report committee will send non-governmental report to United Nations Convention on Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women Committee.

Right to work and employment is an important part of the CEDAW convention. The participation of women workers in the national workforce has increased since last 2/3 decades. This scenario as well as CEDAW Committee recommendation encouraged including a separate chapter in CEDAW alternative report. If the women workforce will get positive environment and assistance then lives of women and their family will be changed as well as national economy will increase rapidly. This is very important for our national development. The women workers are now struggling inside both family and workplace. Every moment they are struggling with these obstacles. Therefore, attention is given to analyze and highlights the strength and obstacles of women workers in the CEDAW alternative report.

1.1. Process: Prepare the thematic reportCitizen's Initiatives consisted by 38 non-government organizations. They have been working for prepare an independent report (Alternative Report) providing the women status of Bangladesh to the UNCEDAW Committee by the alliance sub-committees. According to UNCEDAW Committee recommendations citizen initiatives alternative report was divided into 21 thematic areas. Each area works in different issues by the related sub-committee with their sharing meetings with in the group, collection of information as well as materials, research report, workshop with NGO's, Trade Union and the representatives of the selected sectors.

1.2. Role of woman workers in Bangladesh:The woman workers of Bangladesh are now playing a significant role in our national economy. Their contribution is not less than the men rather in many sectors higher are than they are. In our national economy the contribution of woman workers are visible almost all sectors. Woman has also earned a huge amount of foreign currencies by giving their effort mainly on RMG, Shrimp and Tea sectors. Our economy is still depends on agriculture and above 30% of GDP comes from agriculture sector, like rice processing. Woman’s role in rice processing works is the wheel power. Construction, Domestic worker and Biri industry are the other important sectors where the presence of woman workers is most visible. The eight sectors included as women are mainly working in those sectors, is reported.

1.3. Recommendation of CEDAW Committee - 2004 for Formal Sector:The Concluding Recommendation Committee of CEDAW 2004 recommended that the state party establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure the enforcement of legislation requiring employers to provide equal pay for equal work, ensure that maternity leave is available in all public and private employment and services, especially through the enactment of a law on maternity leave and expand the number of crèches/childcare facilities are available for working mother.

1.3.1. Government's Initiatives:Bangladesh Government enacted legislation on 11 October 2006 related to labor issue entitled “Bangladesh Labor Law 2006”. Despite of some limitation the revised Bangladesh labor law 2006 ensures not only women rights but also provides women’s opportunity to keep in touch with the decision-making committee.

The following sections fulfill the requirements of the above recommendations: 1) Section 323 of Labor Law - 2006: Behavior to women2) Section 345 of Labor Law - 2006: Equal pay for equal work3) Section 45 - 50 of Labor Law -2006: Maternity benefits and instructions 4) Section 94 of Labor Law – 2006: Childcare

1.4. Recommendation of CEDAW Committee - 1997 for Informal Sector:The concluding committee of CEDAW – 1997 recommended that the Government pay particular attention to improving the wage levels and the terms and conditions of women workers in the export processing zones as well as in the informal sector.

1.4.1. Government’s Initiatives:Bangladesh Government has amended Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority Act 1980 in 2008. This amendment limits to establish rights of the workers who are engaged in Export Processing Zone. This amendment strictly prohibits association with any Trade Union or Workers organization outside of the export-processing zone and the worker is unable to file any complain to any human rights organization or to any media against discrimination of wage. Simultaneously, the worker cannot go for any movement to protect their rights until 2010. As well as there is no any initiative in he informal sector.

1.5. Present Scenario:Lack of proper monitoring system and insufficient skilled human resource of Bangladesh Government, could not identify and evaluate the effect and impact of Bangladesh labor law. On the other hand, Bangladesh Labor law has limited scope for penalizing the defaulting factory owners and management. The penalty amount is very meager. This offers a scope for the penalized amount to be disbursing without any real impact and allows scope to repeat the offense, as there is no real instance for the offender. Provisions to penalize repeated offender severely should

exist to dissuade repetition. As an effect, the owner gets privilege to ignore the law.

However, Labor Law – 2006 do not recognize those women community who are engaged in informal sector. As a result, a large portion of this informal sector’s women is denied from the purview under the law and their efforts and contribution to the Nations Economy are not recognized as formal sector. As a signatory country, Bangladesh Government honors perform its obligations; which is not the total scenario.

Chapter - 1

2. Link between Macro Scenario and Global Context: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) proclaims an economic, social and political right which is mentioned in article 23 (C) and article 25 (A) to provide right to work, right to equal pay for equal work, right to form and join trade union.

Bangladesh has ratified 33 ILO conventions, amending 7 out of 8 ILO core conventions. The country has signed all major International Human Rights Instruments like CRC, CEDAW etc. The country’s Constitution has ensured workers human rights. The labor law with some limitations also has given justice to the rights of working people. However, in the question of implementation of all these conventions, declarations, laws and regulations much needs improvement for implementation within Bangladesh and is not at a satisfactory level. 2.1. Statistical Report of Bangladesh Labour ForceThe labor force in Bangladesh has expanded considerably during the last two decades.

The total labor force estimated at 49.5 million among them 37.4 million male and 12.1 million female.

The ratio of formal and informal sector in Bangladesh is 19:81 and The ratio between public and private sector is 24:76. The agriculture, forestry and fishery sector provides employment to the vast

majority of the labor force was 23.0 million (68.1 per cent of the total employed labor).

The patterns of employment are influenced by the existence of a large component of the informal sector in most of the sectored activities.

2.2. Women's Participation in work force:

CEDAW provides specific article - 11 for elimination of discrimination against women in the field of employment to ensure the fight to employment based on

Article - 15 of the Constitution of People's Republic of Bangladesh say that the state party will take fundamental responsibility to exempt all

equality of women and men. men who are engaged in agriculture and labor from all repression

Women are increasingly entering into job market mainly in ready-made garments and allied sector, tea gardens, NGOs, health care services, food processing industry, export processing zones, services sectors and commercial enterprises and informal sector i.e. construction, agriculture etc. The garment industry in Bangladesh employs about 2.5 million or more workers of which 80 % constitute women workers.

2.2.1. Link between existing policy and law:

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CEDAW Bangladesh Labor Law - 2006

1 Article 11 (C): Employment, Training and follow up training

Section: 4 (6,7,8,9)

Training for Apprentices

2 Article11(D) Equal work equal pay

Section 345

No discrimination between male and female

3 Article 11 (F) Right to Maternity

Section 45,46

Maternity benefit

4 Article 11(2)(A)

No termination during the period of maternity leave

Section 50 No termination during the period of maternity leave

5 Article 11(2)(D)

Special care in the pregnancy period

Section 45 Special facility in case of pregnancy

6 Article 12(2) Special facility during pregnancy and lactation period

Section 45-50

Maternity benefits

This Law ensures the women’s rights required by the Article – 11 of CEDAW. Except this article on October 11, 2006, new Bangladesh Labor law has provided the following section that is related to women issues:

1) Section 7: Include mother’s name within the service book 2) Section 39: Some obligations to appoint women in rotating work 3) Section 40: Obligation to appoint women for handling dangerous work4) Section 42: Obligation to appoint in underground5) Section 45 -50: Maternity Benefit, special care in pregnancy period,

calculation of benefit, obligations of termination during the maternity leave

6) Section 59: Separate toilet facility

7) Section 79 (B): Obligation to appoint women for whimsical work8) Section 87: Some barrier for appointing woman workers9) Section 91: Separate Bathroom 10)Section 93(3): Separate rest room for woman workers 11)Section 94: Child care facility12)Section 109: Limited working hour for woman workers13)Section 323: Women Membership of national industry, health and safety

council14)Section 332: Behavior to women15)Section 345: Equal pay for equal work16)Section 351 (B) (5) To empower for declaring rule in favor of transfer or

weight lifting of a women, adult or male

2.3. Gaps and limitations of existing Labor Law:

The lacuna/ gaps of Bangladesh Labor Law are; Lack of service security limited practice of leave with wage insufficient facility in formal sector no provision during menstrual period in a women No specific labour law for informal sector Weak monitoring mechanism Exclude handicap people Do not recognize agriculture sectors workers Permanently set a provision against domestic helper No specific laws for rural women workers Lack of insufficient facility for lactating mother during working hours for

taking care of her child Frequent termination and adverse situation of women workers at workplace

during pregnancy period. No scope to form union and right to organize Definition of discrimination is not clear and narrow down by only wage Maternity benefits are limited within two children No incentive for private sectors for women employment No special quota for women apprenticeship No application of the Agriculture Labor (Minimum Wage) Ordinance -

1984.

Bangladesh Labor Law provides several clauses and regulations regarding women issues. Nevertheless, some additional points need to be added to its provisions.

2.4. Practices:The above gaps and limitations of Labor law deprive women community and malpractice is happening everywhere. Practically we see in our context that is:

In some cases, when any woman becomes pregnant, she is terminated at any cost or management creates adverse situation against her working circumstances

Management pressurizes to work overtime Lack of insufficient facility for lactating mother during working hours for

taking care of her child The management does not hesitate to use bad language and misbehave for

any minor mistake of the women worker. Scope to form union and right to organize is very striated

2.5. The status of women in different sectors:According to BGMEA, in Bangladesh, 5400 factories providing employment to a total of 2.5 million workers, of which 90% were women earning 76% foreign exchange. Most of the female workers migrated to the city from all over the country in search of employment and came to the city as the first generation of income earning members of the family. Being the fresh migrant from the rural life they have to face a big challenge in new working situation, rigid time schedule, low work standards, lower wages, weekly holiday, maternity protection, trade union rights, leave, compensation and poor health facilities and lack of skill as well as high insecurity at their work place and their residence.

In general, workers are supposed to enjoy their rights albeit legal rights, safety and security and freedom of association and right to organize protected by both national and international labor codes and standards. However, the reality is that Bangladesh’s RMG workers are in general denied of their above-mentioned rights in the workplaces. These workers are vulnerable to poor working conditions, poor wages, and to much unimplemented labor codes and standards.

Chapter - 2

3. Macro scenario of Bangladesh:In Bangladesh, the growth rate of labor market is high, the whole employment rate is low; the rate of creating new jobs is ever lower. Agriculture is still the major sector providing employment, followed by service sector. The labor market of Bangladesh has been characterized mainly by the following factors:

1. Rapid increase in labor force and relative to stagnation in employment in formal private and public sector.

2. Rapid growth of urban based informal industries specially construction, home based work. Almost 10 % labor force comprises the formal sector, while around 80% comprises the informal sector.

3. High rate of joining women workers in the labor market. Especially in the garments and informal sector.

4. Lack of cordial relationship between management, labor unions and government

5. Absence of proper education and well planned training and retraining facility in labor market

6. Subcontracting7. Continuous deduction/ deterioration of real wages and overtime do not pay

in duly. 8. Employer/Management discourages TU formation. Lack of GOB effort to

this regard.9. Absence of social safety and health security in general and education for

the labor in particular10. Absence of workers and TU participation in the policy making processes of

the government11. Shut down of several traditional big industries like jute, textile, due to

structural adjustment programme and effect of Globalization and therefore thousand of workers lost their jobs.

3.1. Women involve in labor force: In Bangladesh, 49.5 million women actively involve in economy. Out of total workers, 1.21 million (24.44%) women are contributing their effort in economy. Every year 6.9% women increase in labor force. 19.84% women are engaged in formal sector and 80.16% are informal sector out of total women. (KN RESEARCH UNIT)

3.2. Women engaged according to profession In Agriculture sector women, workers constitute 68% of the total work force whilst in Production & others they contribute 16.0% of the work force. Out of total work force 7.7%, women are involved in voluntary work like nursing. Women are contributing their effort in technical sector. Only 4.4% women get opportunity get the chance in this sector. As a sales girl 2.1% participate in labor market and 1.3% women directly involve in business sector. In administration only 0.2%, women involve of the total work force. (BILL'S RESEARCH TEAM)

4. Micro Scenario of Bangladesh (Analysis in Specific area):

4.1. AgricultureAgriculture is an informal sector where about 76.9% women are engaged in workforce. According to Bangladesh Statistics Bureau on labor survey report 1, 49, 14,000/- women are contributing themselves to the labor force.

According to the labor force survey, 2002-2003, agriculture is the largest sector, which employed 51.69% people in the labor force in rural Bangladesh. In another report published by the Government, offices in 2002-03 showed that 44.3 million male and 9.8 million female.

4.1.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:

Problems Initiatives Limitations Low wage Low wage Seasonal joblessnessSeasonal joblessness Absence or lack of Absence or lack of

safety measures safety measures The absence of legal The absence of legal

protectionprotection Lack of safety measuresLack of safety measures

Minimum wageMinimum wage 100 days work100 days work

No rules and No rules and implementation implementation mechanism for ensuringmechanism for ensuring wagewage

No labour lawNo labour law Existing social safety Existing social safety

schemes are not legal schemes are not legal obligationobligation

4.2. Garment Industries: At present approximately 20.5 lac workers (among which 80% is female) are working in this sector, which is a great source of employment. It is also mentionable that about 76% of our foreign exchange is also earned by this sector. However, after elimination of quota under MFA, Bangladesh does not have the protected market any more. The total workers in the sector increased up to 20.5 lac. Out of the total, 80% are women workers in this sector of which are 69% of total women labor force in the country in formal sector.

4.2.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations:Problems Initiatives Limitations

Long working hour Low wage Forced overtime & No

actual overtime wage Unhygienic and unsafe

workplace Misbehavior, verbal and

physical abuse, eve teasing, sexual harassment

Wage deduction for minor incident

Non implementation of Maternity protection as per law

Strong opposition and hostility from employers to exercise trade union rights

Unwillingness to allow leave as per law

Poor compensation and health facilities

Frequent terminations

Bangladesh Labour law Bangladesh Labour law 20062006

Minimum wage Minimum wage declareddeclared

Several committees and Several committees and teams to monitorteams to monitor

Welfare Welfare committeecommittee

Weak implementation No tools on initiatives to

identify and action against sexual harassment and other abuses.

Declared wage is the lowest in the world and totally insufficient

Insufficient social compliance issues

4.3. Rice Processing Workers:There are almost 40 thousand-rice mill in Bangladesh where almost five lac workers are engaged. Most of them are women. According to research work, the female-male ration is 64% and 36%. Almost 3, 20,000 women workers are engaged in this sector. The women workers usually work inside the mill, but sometimes in the yard as well. They are especially engage in rice drying, sorting and cleaning work.


No appointment letter Contractual work,

sometimes seasonal Termination with verbal

order Discrimination in wage Concept of leave or

overtime is not yet in practice.

No maternity and child care facility

Long working hour Toilet facility is very

limited

Bangladesh Labour law Bangladesh Labour law 20062006

Minimum wage 1984 Minimum wage 1984 (Tk. 495.00)(Tk. 495.00)


No labour lawNo labour law Existing social safety Existing social safety


No compensation in No compensation in case of accident case of accident

4.4. Shrimp Processing Workers: The sector earns almost $390 million per year and almost 6 Lac workers are directly engaged in the shrimp processing factories. Of them 80% are women are working in 124 shrimp processing zone.

There are two divisions in the workers in this sector. The owners on regular and monthly wage basis employ a limited number of workers (20%), where the contractors or brokers as casual workers on fixed wage engage most of the workers (80%). Casual workers are called anytime during day or night, when the supply of shrimps comes to the factories. Generally, the supply increases in two weeks of the every month while their income increase. Rest of the days their income decreased even up to taka 20-25 per day. The casual workers do work along with regular workers in receiving the supply, sorting, headless, cleaning, making the pan full, frizzing, etc.

4.4.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitations: Problems Initiatives Limitations

No Minimum wage Discrimination in wage No job security.

National Minimum National Minimum wage declaration wage declaration

No rules and No rules and implementation implementation mechanism for ensuringmechanism for ensuring

No fixed working hour Unemployed almost half

of the year. No appointment letter Contractual work,

sometimes seasonal Casual workers get

payment through brokers

No maternity, child care & health care facility

wagewage Existing social safety Existing social safety


Poor legal protectionPoor legal protection Insecurity of workInsecurity of work Insufficient opportunity Insufficient opportunity

to form trade unionto form trade union

4.5. Construction Workers:A total number of 25 lac skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers work in this sector. The workers in this sector are not regular. The work is daily payment and no work, no payment basis. Their working hour is 8-10 hours, is from 7am to 5pm, sometimes until 6 -7pm. They have also to do overtime work.


Not aware about their legal rights

No proper overtime payment

Neither any holiday nor any sickness leave or any maternity leave nor any maternity benefits.

Wage discrimination

National Minimum National Minimum wage declaration wage declaration


Existing social safety Existing social safety schemes are not legal schemes are not legal obligationobligation

4.6. Tea Plantation:According to the project development unit of tea board, the total number of tea workers is 3, 59,085 in clouding registered and unregistered workers in 158 tea gardens. Among them 1, 76,803 are women and rests are male workers. The total registered workers of the gardens are 89,792. Among said workers 19512 are casual workers. The women workers have to work in the sun, rain or storm and in the risk to be bite by harmful insects. Most of the times there are no shelter in the workplaces. The supervisors and owners treated them like bonded labors and used to do misbehave with them.


Neglected in participating socio-economic and political

Labour Law Provident fund scheme Welfare fund

No rules and No rules and implementation implementation mechanism for ensuringmechanism for ensuring

activities. Low wage No woman holds higher

level position as President or Secretary in Panchayet Committee

Inadequate health & maternity care & housing facilities

Illiteracy and limited access to higher education

Education trust wagewage No initiative for No initiative for

alternate skill alternate skill development, access to development, access to higher education & higher education & mainstream societymainstream society

No monitoring No monitoring mechanism systemmechanism system

4.7. Biri Industry: According to the Bureau of Statistics, in the fiscal year 1991-1992, there were 390 biri factories where the number of workers was 2, 44,617. In the recent time, the number has increased up to 4 lac and above. Approximately 2 lac women are working in this sector. Some of them work in the factory and some work in their won household. In factory the women workers are involved in cleaning the tobacco leaves, sorting the leaves, crushing, drying the leaves in the sun, sorting the dirts from crushed leaves etc. In household, the women are mainly involved in filling the tobacco in the bidi.


Discrimination in wage No maternity benefits. No job security,

working hour or weekly holiday.

No facilities of clean toilets and enough water supplies

No social security scheme

Low wage Unhealthy working

condition Child labour

Minimum Wage Board No implementation of No implementation of LawLaw

No monitoring No monitoring mechanismmechanism

4.8. Domestic Workers:According to Bangladesh Institute of Labor Study survey 10,76,000 women are working as domestic workers in Bangladesh. In Dhaka, about 2 lac to 10 lac domestic workers are engaged. Most of the domestic workers are women and child. Socio-economic study of BILS - 2006 stated that 23.23% are male and 76.67% are female.

4.8.1. Problems, Initiatives & Limitation:Problems Initiatives Limitations

Deprive of fair wage, leaves,

No medical facilities No protection of basic

rights No working hour sexual harassment and

abuse

Initiatives has been taken by the MOLE to formulate a Code of Conduct

No recognition as a worker.

No legal protection

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5. Major Initiatives: 5.1. Initiatives and limitations of Bangladesh Government:Initiatives Limitations

Govt. employment policy (special quota for women) Labour law-2006 100 day guarantee employment

scheme

Workplace is not women friendly Lack of adequate transport, housing

facilities and poor law & order situation

Many women majority industries are not covered by the labour law ( teacher, agriculture, domestic workers etc.)

Structural adjustment and privatisation squeezed formal sector.

Week implementations of the labour law failed to protect the women workers rights and living standards.

5.2. Civil Society Initiatives: 1. Formation of Labor NGO’s; Women rights based organization, Human

rights organization for women. 2. Recruiting women personnel, training, educating, dissemination and setting

up of cells and forming women groups. 3. Campaign and advocacy on women workers issue4. Publication5. Media Sensitization6. Research & dissemination7. Networking & Alliance.

5.3. Trade Union Initiatives:1. SKOP (A political platform of trade unions consisted of 16 national trade

union federations) put the women workers issue in their demands to the government.

2. All the major trade union federations have undertaken the programme to integrate more women in the trade union and in the mainstream leadership.

3. The trade union leaders have taken the necessary initiatives to organize fruitful discussion with the government and employers association to protect and promote the women workers rights.

4. Most of the Trade Union federations formed women committee and include women leaders in their executive committee.

5. The trade union leaders organise effective campaign and training programme at work place level to create awareness among the women workers about their rights and responsibilities on occupational health and safety other issues at work place.

6.7. The trade union leaders consider the issue of maternity protection,

occupational health and safety and environment as an agenda in their collective bargaining agreement

Chapter - 46. Suggestions and Recommendations The citizen's Initiatives recommended some suggestion to the CEDAW Committee for taking initiatives to reduce existing discrimination among the workers rights issues: 1. To include informal sector in labor law to build strong monitoring system.

2. To ratify ILO convention 183 regarding maternity while the women can keep her reproductive capacity well.

3. To adopt the effective laws and policy to prevent violence on domestic workers.

4. To initiate proper monitoring system whilst Buyer’s Code of conduct and Labor law implementation measure as well as the owner should keep PF provision and declaring the facility of the workers before joining the factory.

5. To examine the possibility to set up a special labor commission to submit report to government regarding discrimination of minimum wagers and occupational health and safety standard in all sectors.

6. To take proper action to enforce labor laws and improve labor inspection system at all sectors by strengthening capacity and skill of the department of inspection for factories and establishment for improvement of working condition and health and safety situation at workplace.

7. To imply survey system and compulsory registration among informal sector.

8. To approve the draft of labor law related to agricultural workers that have submitted in Ministry of Labor.

9. To strengthen the Tripartite Consultative Committee.

10. To implement national law regarding labor issue in formal and informal sector using media to create awareness in grass root level. 11. To include breast feeding policy to the working mothers at workplace

12. To establish strong monitoring mechanism

13. To supervise the factory for reducing forced labor, long working hour

14. To ensure health and safety net.

15. To include disabled women issues in law

16. To facilitate disable women at work place

17. To protect and promote against sexual harassment at work place

18. To provide wage and overtime payment timely

19. To ensure right to property and exercise earnings

20. To ensure women-friendly atmosphere at workplace21. To create employment opportunity for women with disability.

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