LIE organized training on Recruiting Informal Workers into Democratic Workers’ Organization in Dhaka and Narayanganj
Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) organized a two days long training event on recruiting informal workers into domestic workers organization on 13-14 March 2023. The overall objectives of the training were to strengthen the knowledge of leaders of street vendors to effectively deal the issues faced the women workers in organizing and overcome the barriers in this regard.
A total of 20 women leaders of street vendor from Narayanganj participated to the training event focusing organize the unorganized. The participants of the training are self-employed and street hawkers; e.g.; tea seller, bread seller, vegetable seller etc. Farida Khanam, National Coordinator, Labour at Informal Economy has coordinated the training and Kamal Siddiki, Vice President, Labour at Informal Economy facilitated the sessions as resource person.
An action plan has been developed by the participants for the formulation of cooperatives based on each participant’s target. Five leaders will coordinate the process of the formulation of at least twenty cooperatives within May 2023.
Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) organized the second two days long training on Recruiting Informal Workers into Democratic Workers’ Organization in Dhaka on 21-22 March 2023. The training was held ion U-multipurpose Hall, Mirpur, Dhaka. A total of 19 women street vendor leaders were participated to the training event. All the participants are self-employed and street hawkers for instance tea seller, bread seller, vegetable seller.
Farida Khanam, National Coordinator, Labour at Informal Economy has coordinated the training and kamal Siddiki, Vice President, Labour at Informal Economy has facilitated sessions. An action plan has been developed by the participants for the formulation of cooperatives based on each participant’s target. Five leaders will coordinate the process of the formulation of at least twenty cooperatives within May 2023.
Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) organized the second two days long training on Recruiting Informal Workers into Democratic Workers’ Organization in Dhaka on 21-22 March 2023. The training was held ion U-multipurpose Hall, Mirpur, Dhaka. A total of 19 women street vendor leaders were participated to the training event. All the participants are self-employed and street hawkers for instance tea seller, bread seller, vegetable seller.
Farida Khanam, National Coordinator, Labour at Informal Economy has coordinated the training and kamal Siddiki, Vice President, Labour at Informal Economy has facilitated sessions. An action plan has been developed by the participants for the formulation of cooperatives based on each participant’s target. Five leaders will coordinate the process of the formulation of at least twenty cooperatives within May 2023.
Bangladesh Street vendor are still now far away from organizing. Without strong organizations, vendors cannot access information about work opportunities, workers’ rights, changing demands, new designs and techniques, or other information that would allow them to escape the pattern of very low and irregular earnings. Isolation, invisibility and vulnerability make it difficult to organize informal workers. This training enhanced capacity and knowledge of women street hawkers in Bangladesh to organize themselves and increase effective collaboration in addressing right-based approach, forming cooperative association and finance saving to cope up with adverse situation.