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dc.contributor.authorAkhter, Sadika
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorChu, Cordia
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-18T03:46:20Z
dc.date.available2020-09-18T03:46:20Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1745-5057
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1745506519891302
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397660
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Despite the improved safety of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh since 2013, other workplace health and safety issues in the ready-made garment industry continue, especially violence towards female workers. This article examines this violence as well as the social norms and attitudes of key stakeholders underpinning it. Methods: Data were collected in four ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions with female workers and key-informant interviews with different stakeholders, along with factory observations. Results: Findings were analysed thematically. Female workers described personal experience of violence in the workplace: physical and verbal abuse, constant pressure, other personal restrictions and withholding of pay. They did not make complaints for fear of losing their jobs. Supervisors characterized the women as ‘disobedient,’ ‘uncooperative’ and ‘unwilling’ to work and viewed their behaviour as acceptable. Other stakeholders ignored these problems. Conclusion: Finally, this study suggests how the findings encourage action to prevent violence in the workplace in order to address the emerging occupational health problems in Bangladesh.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWomen's Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth services and systems
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchReproductive medicine
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3215
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsObstetrics & Gynecology
dc.subject.keywordsBangladesh
dc.subject.keywordsqualitative research
dc.titleSufferings in silence: Violence against female workers in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAkhter, S; Rutherford, S; Chu, C, Sufferings in silence: Violence against female workers in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration, Women's Health, 2019, 15
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-09-18T03:44:01Z
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gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.rights.copyright© 2019 The Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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gro.griffith.authorChu, Cordia M.
gro.griffith.authorRutherford, Shannon


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