Project Synopsis

Bangladesh’s RMG sector is facing rapid changes due to automation, digitization, and shifting global trade policies. Women, who make up the majority of the workforce, remain trapped in low-paid, insecure jobs with limited mobility due to weak social protections, entrenched norms, and lack of leadership opportunities. Many factories also fall short of meeting new EU standards. To ensure women benefit from the future of work, a Just Transition approach is needed, centering women’s agency, leadership, and equitable workplace systems.

Through its Oporajita Phase 2 initiative, CARE Bangladesh continues to address these barriers by strengthening women’s agency, leadership, and workplace systems. Phase I demonstrated that women’s voice, confidence, and soft skills improve markedly when factories adopt gender-responsive and inclusive practices. Building on this evidence, Phase 2 applies a Just Transition approach, focusing on women’s empowerment, resilience, and equitable workplace systems to promote the economic empowerment and workplace dignity of women RMG workers.