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Bangladesh Garment Workers Have Taste of Freedom
The hours are long, the wages are low and the conditions hazardous, yet Bangladeshi women are finding their garment industry wages provide them visibility and even authority in a society that once ignored them.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (WOMENSENEWS)--Every morning the joggers here are joined by a stream of chattering young women. The women are bound neither for school nor college. They are off to work.
The women's presence is a huge achievement in a country where women's visibility is extremely low. The doors that are opening for these women are in Bangladesh's booming garment industry, which is providing them with unprecedented employment opportunities.
Over 1.3 million women may spend their days bent over whirring sewing machines, and their income and independence has triggered a silent revolution among
them. Women say they are no longer content to live a life of anonymity behind their purdahs, or veils.
"Ever since I started working in the garment factory, my life has changed. For the first time, I am not being looked upon as a burden. It has improved my status within the family," said 19-year-old Chobi Mahmud, a garment worker in Dhaka.
Chobi, who is from the country's northern district of Tangail, is not the only woman who has migrated from her family's village to work in the city. Over the past nine years, there has been a steady flow of rural women to Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. Some 74 percent of the women employed in the city's garment factories--all of which are owned by men--are rural migrants. About 85 percent of garment factory workers in 2002 are women compared to just 28 percent in 1990, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka.
More significantly, over 60 percent of them are unmarried. In a society where girls are expected to cover their faces with the purdah once they reach puberty and their mobility becomes extremely restricted, working outside the home is a tremendous social and cultural change.
"Fifteen years ago, women were rarely seen, if at all. Now their visibility has increased manifold thanks to the garment industry. It has brought about a socio-economic transformation," said Khushi Kabir, a social activist who heads Nijera Kori, a prominent self-help organization in Dhaka.

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Bangladesh Garment Workers Have a Taste of FreedomThe hours are long, the wages are low and the hazardous conditions, yet Bangladeshi women are finding their garment industry wages provide them visibility and even the authority in a society that once ignored them.DHAKA, Bangladesh (WOMENSENEWS)-Every morning the joggers here are joined by a stream of young women chattering. The women are bound neither for school nor college. They are off to work.The women's presence is a huge achievement in a country where women's visibility is extremely low. The doors that are opening for these women are in Bangladesh's booming garment industry, which is providing them with unprecedented employment opportunities.Over 1.3 million women may spend their days bent over whirring sewing machines, and their income and independence has triggered a silent revolution amongthem. Women say they are no longer content to live a life of anonymity behind their purdahs, or veils."Ever since I started working in the garment factory, my life has changed. For the first time, I am not being looked upon as a burden. It has improved my status within the family, "said 19-year-old Chobi Mahmud, a garment worker in Dhaka.Chobi, who is from the northern district of Tangail country's, is not the only woman who has migrated from her family's village to work in the city. Over the past nine years, there has been a steady flow of rural women to Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. Some 74 percent of the women employed in the city's garment factories-all of which are owned by men-are rural migrants. About 85 percent of garment factory workers in 2002 are women compared to just 28 percent in 1990, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka.More significantly, over 60 percent of them are unmarried. In a society where girls are expected to cover their faces with the purdah once they reach puberty and their mobility becomes extremely restricted, working outside the home is a tremendous social and cultural change."Fifteen years ago, women were rarely seen, if at all. Now their visibility has increased written thanks to the garment industry. It has brought about a socio-economic transformation, "said Khushi Kabir, a social activist for this add-on who heads Nijera Kori, a prominent self-help organization in Dhaka.

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Bangladesh Garment Workers Have Taste of Freedom
The hours are long, the wages are low and the conditions hazardous, yet Bangladeshi women are finding their garment industry wages provide them visibility and even authority in a society that once ignored them.
DHAKA, Bangladesh (WOMENSENEWS) --Every morning the joggers here are joined by a stream of chattering young women. The women are bound neither for school nor college. Are off to They work.
The women's presence is a huge achievement in a country where women's visibility is extremely low. The doors that are opening for these women are in Bangladesh's booming garment industry, which is providing them with unprecedented employment opportunities.
Over 1.3 million women may spend their days bent over whirring sewing machines, and their income and independence has triggered a silent revolution among
them . Women say they are no longer content to live a life of anonymity behind their purdahs, or veils.
"Ever since I started working in the garment factory, my life has changed. For the first time, I am not being looked upon as a burden . It has improved my status within the family, "said 19-year-old Chobi Mahmud, a garment worker in Dhaka.
Chobi, who is from the country's northern district of Tangail, is not the only woman who has migrated from her family's village to work in the city. Over the past nine years, there has been a steady flow of rural women to Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. Some 74 percent of the women employed in the city's garment factories - all of which are owned by men - are rural migrants. About 85 percent of garment factory workers in 2002 are women compared to just 28 percent in 1990, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka.
More significantly, over 60 percent of them are unmarried. In a society where girls are expected to cover their faces with the purdah once they reach puberty and their mobility becomes extremely restricted, working outside the home is a tremendous social and cultural change.
"Fifteen years ago, women were rarely seen, if at all . Now their visibility has increased manifold thanks to the garment industry. It has brought about a socio-economic transformation, "said Khushi Kabir, a social activist who heads Nijera Kori, a prominent self-help organization in Dhaka.

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