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From 5 to 14 April 2024, FEMNET welcomed Tithi Afrin and Md. Shahinur Rahman from Bangladesh. The trade unionist Afrin and the labour law expert Rahman travelled through Germany together with FEMNET and gave insights into the current situation in the textile factories on their tour in universities and at evening events in various cities and presented the accident insurance in Bangladesh, the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS).
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On the 10th. In December 1948, the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but even after 75 years, human rights are still being violated worldwide. Particularly in Bangladesh's garment sector, enforcing the right to a safe workplace remains a challenge. For this reason, FEMNET supports a groundbreaking pilot the Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), which aims to improve the working conditions of workers by introducing occupational accident insurance.
