VIDEO: Women in the Trade Union Movement in Bangladesh

Shaheeda Shikha
Shahida Parveen Shikha is the Office Secretary of Bangladesh Trade Union Center, and General Secretary of National Women Workers Trade Union Center.

Shahida Parveen Shikha, office secretary of Bangladesh Trade Union Center, and General Secretary of National Women Workers Trade Union Center, shares the importance of women workers joining the trade union movement, and why trade unions must develop female leadership.

She explains: I believe only trade unions can obtain the rights of women workers at the workplace.  This is why I believe that women workers should be involved in the trade union movement.  That is why I became involved in the trade union movement, and it is why I have been working to organize women workers.  …  To make trade unions powerful, we have to build women leaders.  We must organize women workers.  Or else we cannot build an accountable and strong trade union movement. I believe that around the world, all trade unions should involve women workers.” 

Listen to her full interview below by clicking here.


Link: Women workers in the Trade Union Movement in Bangladesh

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