There is an increase in women’s participation in the readymade garment sector of Bangladesh unlike other export-oriented industries.
This was underlined in a new study.
Titled Exports and Gender Gap in Manufacturing Employment, the study was carried out by Md Moniruzzaman, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Dhaka.
He presented the findings in a seminar by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
The study found that due to their low participation, women cannot contribute much to the country’s economy even as gender inequality in industrial employment has become a major obstacle to the industrial and overall economy of the country.
