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Women migration in Bangladesh: returnee migrants and re-migration challenges during COVID-19
(Brac University, 2021-12)
In Bangladesh, women mostly migrate as unskilled domestic worker and a small number of semi-skilled and skilled women workers migrate to other work sectors. Unskilled migrant workers face vulnerability during any crisis ...
Return and reintegration experience of Bangladeshi domestic migrant workers during Covid-19 pandemic
(Brac University, 2021-12)
Many Bangladeshi female domestic migrant workers working abroad returned home during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were many causes for the return of these migrant domestic women workers. Short-term and long-term challenges ...
Impact of COVID 19 on Bangladesh's environment and climate change trajectory and SDGs goals
(Brac University, 2021-12)
Human activities have long impacted the earth’s environment and climate. Whereas environmental impacts have been a part of policy concern for some decades, climate change (CC) concerns are a more recent phenomenon and have ...
Covid-19: digital divide and its impact on the educational lives of the secondary students in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2022-01)
Ever since the widespread use of ICT, the digital divide has been prominent across different socioeconomic groups and gender in Bangladesh (Zahan, 2021). Moreover, the digital platform being the only medium to study during ...
Exploring the challenges of the implementation of public health directives that Bangladesh faced during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Brac University, 2021-12)
Before the identification of the first case of COVID-19 in Bangladesh (on March 8th, 2020), the healthcare system of Bangladesh was already struggling with multiple challenges and limitations. Therefore, with a weaker ...
Pandemic, returned female migrants and the question of reintegration: precariousness and possibilities
(Brac University, 2022-01)
COVID-19 has made life even more precarious for Bangladeshi female migrant workers. During the pandemic, they faced unfair treatments, wage theft, and other forms of exploitation in the host countries. A large number of ...
Socio-economic constraints in re-entering the labour market during COVID-19 crisis and the resilience of female workers living in urban informal settlements
(Brac University, 2021-12)
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted women globally, especially their livelihoods. In Bangladesh, female workers in the informal sector not only lost their livelihoods at a higher rate compared to their male counterparts ...
Impact of Covid-19 on the migrant remittance flow of Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-12)
This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on Bangladesh's migrant remittances, based on the highest remittance received during the pandemic, with in-depth interviews with key informants to explore various explanations, ...
Women’s perceptions towards ride-sharing services: The case of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2020-08)
The global ride-sharing industry is booming and Bangladesh is no exception. Today, it makes up
almost a quarter of Bangladesh’s transport sector. It has increased the mobility of the middle
class in big cities such as ...
The COVID 19 implication on plastic pollution in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-12)
Bangladesh has one of the world's highest population densities. The country was just named one of the world's most polluted emerging countries. Despite its poor air quality, the country's overall environmental situation ...