Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has said no more Bangladeshi female workers will be harassed by their employers abroad in the coming days.
“I believe that no more Bangladeshi women workers in Saudi Arabia will be harassed by their employers in the coming days, as the government has taken steps to protect them,” the minister assured.
He made the statement at a press briefing on the International Migrants Day at his ministry in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports BSS.
New initiatives have been taken for protecting the female workers in Saudi Arabia and the situation will be better, he said, adding: “All the female workers who are now abroad are safe.”
After November’s joint technical committee with the Saudi authority led by the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment secretary, the situation has improved, the minister said.
Under the new agreement signed with Saudi Arabia, the minister said, legal action will be taken against the employer if found responsible for repression on the female workers.
Mentioning that most of the migrant workers are "cheated" and suffer immense financial loss for migrating abroad for work, Imran Ahmad said: “The government wants to change the situation.”
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Selim Reza, Director General of the Wage Earners Welfare Board (WEWB) Gazi Mohammad Julhash, Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Shamsul Alam, additional secretaries of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Munirus Salehin, Sabiha Parvin, Nazibul Islam and Shahidul Alam, among others, attended the press briefing.
