Md Rasel-Ud-Jaman* and Feroj All Mozahid

Department of Sociology, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

*Corresponding Author: Md Rasel-Ud-Jaman, Department of Sociology, Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Received: August 11, 2022; Published: October 31, 2022

Abstract

This paper is an endeavor to depict the social abuses and health risks assessment of the female garment workers from two perspectives. One is social perspective and the other is health perspective. The objective is to explore socio economic condition of female workers and also know the maternal health problem of female garments workers. The analysis is based on the survey of 60 female workers of 3 garment industrial units located in different parts of Kanchpur are in Narayanganj. This study suggests that the frequency of sextual harassment against female garment workers is still in precarious condition and they are not free from social exploitation and face extreme difficulties in obtaining their basic needs for survival even. Most of all the study will inform the reader about unhappy condition of female garment worker at Kanchpur area in Narayanganj.

Keywords: Social Abuses; Health Risks; Garments Workers; Vulnerability and Work Environment

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Citation

Citation: Md Rasel-Ud-Jaman and Feroj All Mozahid. “Social Abuses and Health Risk Assessment of Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh". Acta Scientific Women's Health 4.11 (2022): 34-39.

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Copyright: © 2022 Md Rasel-Ud-Jaman and Feroj All Mozahid. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.