The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
This study focusses on the workers from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh who are particularly vulnerable to the transitory shock to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the sector. The data of the study was collected from a total of 1,038 garment workers in Bangladesh over phone calls from June...
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10361-155822021-10-31T21:01:27Z The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley Rabbani, Atonu Saxena, Sanchita Banerjee Islam, MD. Faizul Social research Labor studies Governance Health Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on RMG workers SDG goal 8- decent work This study focusses on the workers from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh who are particularly vulnerable to the transitory shock to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the sector. The data of the study was collected from a total of 1,038 garment workers in Bangladesh over phone calls from June 30 to July 13, 2020. Among the 906 workers who were still employed in February 2020, 140 reported that their current employers were laying off workers since March 2020 after the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh. The findings of the study reflected workers’ experience during pandemic in terms of their income, savings and food habit along with their perception of risks due to COVID-19, and precautionary measures that factories had taken to stop the spread of the virus among workers. 2021-10-31T09:57:28Z 2021-10-31T09:57:28Z 2020-09-30 Research Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15582 en https://mappedinbangladesh.org/ Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley application/pdf A total of 1,057 garment workers in Bangladesh Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, and Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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Social research Labor studies Governance Health Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on RMG workers SDG goal 8- decent work Rabbani, Atonu Saxena, Sanchita Banerjee Islam, MD. Faizul The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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This study focusses on the workers from the ready-made garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh who are particularly vulnerable to the transitory shock to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the sector. The data of the study was collected from a total of 1,038 garment workers in Bangladesh over phone calls from June 30 to July 13, 2020. Among the 906 workers who were still employed in February 2020, 140 reported that their current employers were laying off workers since March 2020 after the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh. The findings of the study reflected workers’ experience during pandemic in terms of their income, savings and food habit along with their perception of risks due to COVID-19, and precautionary measures that factories had taken to stop the spread of the virus among workers. |
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Rabbani, Atonu Saxena, Sanchita Banerjee Islam, MD. Faizul |
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Rabbani, Atonu Saxena, Sanchita Banerjee Islam, MD. Faizul |
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Rabbani, Atonu |
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The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of workers in the Garment Industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by BRAC University's CED and JPGSPH and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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impact of covid-19 on the lives of workers in the garment industry: a rapid survey jointly conducted by brac university's ced and jpgsph and the subir and malini chowdhury center for bangladesh studies at the university of california, berkeley |
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Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, and Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California, Berkeley |
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