The Readymade Garment (RMG), the country’s largest foreign currency-earning sector, has so far been running without a precise and dependable set of data on its workforce and other relevant information is most unfortunate.
Happily, a belated attempt has been made to get over the inadequacy. MOMODa research team had a meeting with BRAC University Research Team on 26 April 2022 at BRAC University Office with an aim to take part in a collaborative research project.
At first, Prof. Dr Shahidur Rahman briefed the potential research project opportunity. He mentioned the basic objective of the project is to identify the dropout rates of RMG workers and the reason behind it. The income of at least one-third of the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) workers interviewed for a study dropped 53% due to the Covid-19 pandemic, compared to 2019. The findings were revealed as part of rapid analysis of Bangladesh's RMG sector.
The purpose of the study was to know the extent to which Covid-19 affected workers' empowerment through the RMG factories in Bangladesh. Specifically, key inquiries were employment, working hours and earnings, access to social protection, workplace safety, women's voice and representation.
Thereafter, Mr Enamul Haque, Executive Director contributed to the discussion. Mr Bulbul Islam, Research Manager explained how MOMODa conducts surveys using surveyCTO and quality assurance matters. The meeting has come to an end with a commitment that MOMODa and BRAC University will work together on the RMG Employers and Workers Survey Project.
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