A consultation meeting with Industriall Bangladesh Council (IBC) Leadership took place on 26 January 2023 at the BILS seminar hall aiming to Draw recommendations and a way forward to expedite the ratification of ILO convention 190. Md. Amirul Haque Amin, president, IBC, presided over the meeting where Kutubuddin Ahmed, General Secretary, IBC, Ruhul Amin, President, Bangladesh Federation of Workers Solidarity (BFWS), China Rahman, General Secretary, Federation of Garments Workers- FGW, Md. Nurul Islam, General Secretary, United Federation of Garments Workers (UFGW), and many other prominent IBC leaders were present at the meeting.

Besides Ms. Emelda S. Mullick, AOR, Thrive Activity and Project Management Specialist, USAID Bangladesh, Sazzad Kamal, USAID, Rawnak Jahan, Director (Acting), CARE Bangladesh Babul Azad, acting project director, USAID’s Women Thrive in Bangladesh, Kohinoor Mahmood, Director, BILS and some other relevant officials from BILS & CARE were present & contributed at the meeting.

All the participants consented to take effective initiatives at the word of work level for eradicating Gender base violence & harassment as well as for ratifications in Bangladesh.