Webinar Recap: Freedom and Fairness in Platform-Mediated Gig Work in Asia
This webinar brought together leading researchers, labor advocates, and policy experts from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the United Kingdom to discuss the challenges and opportunities of platform-mediated gig work in Asia. The discussion explored labor rights, social protection, economic insecurity, worker organizing, and policy reforms needed to ensure fair and decent work in the rapidly growing platform economy.
Submission of the Labor Reform Commission’s Report to the Honorable Chief Adviser
শ্রম সংস্কার কমিশনের প্রতিবেদন মাননীয় প্রধান উপদেষ্টার নিকট হস্তান্তর করা হলো। কমিশনটির নেতৃত্ব দিয়েছেন সৈয়দ সুলতান উদ্দিন আহমেদ, কমিশন প্রধান ও নির্বাহী পরিচালক…
Post COVID-19 National ICT Roadmap
The overarching objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive Post-COVID-19 National ICT Roadmap for Bangladesh to mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic on the ICT sector and leverage evolving opportunities…
Gig economy in Bangladesh: Challenges and paths to fairer platforms
Fairwork has spent the better part of this year researching the Bangladeshi platform economy and the report is finally set to be published in December. With the proliferation of the Internet and smartphones …
Female Sales Agent (FSA) Model Worked Well In The Pilot Phase
National Workshop on “Female Sales Agent Model to Empower Women Through Nutrition & WASH Supply Chain” held on February 27 at La Vita Hall, Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan, Dhaka. The workshop started…
USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Nutrition Activity (BNA)
Developing a sustainable network of women micro-entrepreneurs for promoting nutrition and WASH by sellling fresh agricultural , nutrition and WASH products and services ….
Uddokta: Creating market based economic opportunities for women
Shujog.xyz of iSocial created a network of women micro-entrepreneurs in Sylhet region . Total 244 number of women micro entrepreneurs have been developed with training and connecting to supply chain and credit services.
“Songs for Hope”- an online fundraising concert
On 18 July 2020, Kallyani and iSocial hosted “Songs for Hope”, an online fundraising concert aimed at bringing light and solidarity during challenging ….