Workshop on “Globalisation and rise in Fundamentalism- implications for women and women Workers”

    Committee for Asian Women and Karmojibi Nari jointly organised an international workshop on “Globalisation and rise in Fundamentalism- implications for women and women Workers” in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22-24 August, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop brought 35 women workers, women human rights defenders, trade unionists and labour activists from Bangladesh, Indonesia-Ache, Pakistan, Thailand and Sri Lanka. The workshop was officially opened by the Foreign Minister and Minister of Women and Children of Bangladesh. In two days workshop participants exchanged and shared their experiences and struggle in living in situation of growing fundamentalism and militarism and the challenges that they face in protecting themselves and their resources against the assault of gender based violence, armed conflict and religious extremism. The participants also came up with a statement calling upon the state to ensure women workers rights by creating a gender-equitable policies and practices in work place and better living standards.

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Rights in Conflict and Suppression

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni Blames Fundamentalism for Plight of Women

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Migration and Labour

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Appeals

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Informal Economy

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Trade and Labour

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Campaigns

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