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The social and labour situation of women in the garment industry in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Myanmar

A comparison of Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Myanmar shows that the social and labour law situation of women in the clothing industry is precarious in all three countries. This is reflected both in the four thematic areas of the ILO core labour standards and in other labour standards (CLS+). In addition, the social position of women in political, economic, social and cultural terms is weak in all countries. A central aspect for all three countries, not only for workers, are the non-living wages. However, due to their history, culture, tradition, political and economic situation, the concrete social and labour law and practical conditions in the countries are to be considered quite differently and differentiated: Bangladesh is not good at gender equality, civil society freedom and political rights, but better than Ethiopia and Myanmar. Ethiopia is in the middle in terms of anti-corruption and protection of collective labour rights, while it performs poorly in terms of civil society freedom and the granting of political rights. For Myanmar, the available values are incomplete. It cannot distinguish itself positively from the other two countries in any of the social dimensions examined. However, Myanmar is currently the country with the most dynamic (positive) development in terms of social and democratic aspects. Ethiopia has ratified all eight ILO core labour standards, Bangladesh seven, Myanmar only three.

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