The destination of most female Bangladeshi workers is Saudi Arabia. Questions have been raised about the quality of training of our women workers there. Moreover, these workers are forced to return due to many other reasons including health complications, home sickness, low wages, working without pay, food habits, language barrier and physical, mental and sexual harassment. Fell.
Speaking to Prothom Alo, Bangladeshi Ovibashi Mohila Shramik Association (BOMSA) advisor and Supreme Court lawyer Farida Yesmin said that although the Migration Act has been amended, the issue of safety of women migrants was not mentioned separately. Is. Safety of women has not been ensured in foreign countries. They are being tortured every day. Now they are not ready to go abroad due to fear. This is the reason behind the decline in the number of female workers despite the increase in the rate of migrant workers abroad.
The Prothom Alo report said more than 1.3 million workers were sent abroad in 2023. Of them, 77,263 were women.