Back against a wall: Bangladesh’s ready-made garments industry during COVID-19 pandemic
The export-oriented apparel sector of Bangladesh continues to struggle amidst the multiple shocks and vulnerabilities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. The ready-made garments sector has been called as one of the lifelines of Bangladesh’s economy, but how has this industry fared during the pandemic? Factories…
RMG Factories Pondering Over Orders during Pandemic Period
During the data collection process of a survey with factory management, the most common word our Field Officers (FOs) heard was ‘Order’. This survey is a part of a study titled “A Study on Assessment of Enterprise Level Vulnerability, Resilience and Recovery in the RMG…
Study explores COVID-19 impact on the lives of garment workers
“The global supply chain is detrimental to workers’ rights”, remarked Dr Sanchita Banerjee Saxena while presenting findings of a new study on Bangladeshi garment workers in a webinar “Covid-19 experience: Workers’ perspective” on 30 September 2020. The webinar was organised by Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project of…
A new survey sheds light on non-member RMG factories
“How many factories on the MiB map do not have BGMEA and/or BKMEA membership?” – is a common question that the MiB team receives whenever they reach out to its stakeholders, be it academicians, worker associations, trade associations, NGOs or policymakers. There has always been…
Is Bangladesh’s RMG industry on its way to recovery?
Mapped in Bangladesh, a four-year (2017-2021) project by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of BRAC University, is driven by the fundamental belief that transparency and traceability lead to long-term industry advancements and improved working conditions. It recently published findings from the second phase of its…
Impact of Covid 19 on the Garments Supply Chain of Bangladesh
The Digital RMG Map by “Mapped in Bangladesh” Received Mainstream Media’s Acknowledgement: The Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project has been quoted on a number of reputable international media and publications in recent months. As the project approaches to cover the entire country’ export-oriented RMG factories,…
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