19/04/2026
🤝 Our Country Director, Max Tunon, met with the Honourable Minister of Women and Children Affairs and Social Welfare, Abu Zafar Md. Zahid Hossain, MP, today to strengthen cooperation on decent work and gender equality in Bangladesh.
Our discussion focused on four key priorities:
🟦Empowering Women: Scaling up the Gender and Skills Taskforce to boost female labour force participation.
🟦Building a Care Economy: Advancing the National Childcare Roadmap for universal, quality care.
🟦Ensuring Safe Workplaces: Supporting the operationalisation of ILO C190 in the workplaces
🟦Eliminating Child Labour: Strengthening systems to meet SDG 8.7 targets.
Honourable Minister Hossain emphasised the need to expand childcare services and professionalise caregiving nationwide.
We remain committed to partnering with the Government of Bangladesh to build a more inclusive and productive labour market.