From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Subject: 3RD WORLD RESOURCES (V8 N3): BOOKS: BANGLADESH WOMEN WORKERS
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 00:57:15 GMT

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Topic 123       BOOKS, 8:3 - 1992       Response 11 of 16 
tfenton 
twr.nl  11:09 am  Jul  8, 1992 
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***<NO BETTER OPTION? INDUSTRIAL WOMEN WORKERS IN  
BANGLADESH.> Hameeda Hossain, Roushan Jahan, and Salma  
Sobhan. University Press Ltd., Red Crescent Bldg., 114  
Motijheel C/A, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. 1990. 126 pp. Tk.  
250.00. Cloth. Photographs, appendixes, bibliography, index,  
maps, tables. 

Dubbed an "exploration" by its authors, this study examines  
women's work in the industrial and service sectors in  
Bangladesh. In particular, it addresses this question: Does  
women's participation in the market as cheap labor really  
contribute either to alleviating poverty or to women's  
emancipation? 

The six packed-with-fact chapters explore the history of  
women's work in Bangladesh, the legal framework for  
industrial labor, the pressures that have pushed women into  
employment and the options open to them, a profile of  
individual women workers, the legal procedures pertinent to  
labor and workers' access to them, and the lifestyles and  
family commitments of women workers. 

The study was done in Dhaka, the main industrial base for  
the country. The authors surveyed management and workers  
from fifteen different types of industrial enterprises,  
including jute, textile, pharmaceutical, rice, plastics, and  
garment manufacture. They made use of structured interviews  
and written questionnaires with both management and workers.  
Among the obstacles they had to overcome were suspicion from  
one side or the other, time constraints--women work 18-hour  
days counting home and factory responsibilities together--  
and fear of repercussions on the part of the workers. 

The authors have long been active in women's issues  
pertinent to development, law, industry, and labor. Their  
careful study adds notably to the body of serious research  
in the fields of labor rights, women's rights, and human  
rights. 

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