Abstract
By critiquing empowerment in international development discourse and reconceptualizing it, the article shows how Bangladeshi garment workers have used the trade union space to achieve socio-economic empowerment despite barriers to labor organizing. Further, it argues for the development of working class women’s leadership.
Recommended Citation
Huq, Chaumtoli
(2019)
"Women’s “Empowerment” in the Bangladesh Garment Industry through Labor Organizing,"
Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies: Vol. 20:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
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https://digitalcommons.cortland.edu/wagadu/vol20/iss1/7
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