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The voice of Mino Ara Begum

Mino Ara Begum came from B Baria Upazilla before 12 years with one of her neighbours due to poor condition of her family. Coming in Chittagong she taken a job in garments factory and get marriage with her colleague. But her husband used to torture her. After 08 years of marriage she divorces her husband. Mino Ara Begum is working in the Lushy Garments Ltd as a folding man for 03 years, card no. 1501. She received leadership training on Training techniques, Labour law 2006, Leadership development, Mediation and negotiation techniques for conflict management which organized by OWDEB. She has formed 20 PEGs in her factory. As a PEG leader she is keeping rule to solve the work related problems of workers...

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Jutchna is a Change Maker

Ms. Jutchna Akter is a PEG leader of Global Garments Ltd. Since 2010 she has been working in this garment as an operator, card no. 4891. She didn’t know as a worker about her rights and responsibilities. She didn’t not know how to bargain or negotiate to solve job related problems. In 2009 Ms. Jutchna is sharing with her few problems in the factory with one of her colleague name Ms. Juthi. She informed Jutchna that here have an organization named OWDEB they are arranged training for garments workers about labour law and providing legal support. One day Ms. Jutchna participated in a PEG training...

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Fight for Legal Entitlement of Ms. Noor Nahar

Noor Nahar came from Noakhali thana before 12 years with her husband at Chittagong for work. She has 2 daughters and 01 son. Her husband is a hotel worker. Due to poor income of her husband since 2005 she joined in the garments factory to help her family. This way in the middle of 2009 she joined in the Miraj Garments Ltd in Chittagong as an operator. She lives in Rahaman Shaheb colony with her husband and children. One day she came for training as a PEG member in the women’s café on new labour law 2006. There she had known about rights and responsibility of a worker also legal support of OWDEB organization. Noor Nahar received PEG Leader training from Shaheed Para Women’s café in March 2012...

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