Citation

Ward K, Rahman F, Saiful Islam AKM, Akhter R, Kamal N. Crit. Sociol. 2004; 30(1): 63-102.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Dept. of Sociology, University of Oregon)

DOI

10.1163/156916304322981686

PMID

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Abstract

This research examines women's work and shifts among factory, domestic service, sex work, and urban micro credit sectors in Bangladesh using a continuum of formal-informal-household labor. We explore women's income generating strategies and possible alternatives during global restructuring and changes in trade agreements. The end of Multi-Fibre Agreement in 2004 threatens women's garment employment and Bangladesh's dependence on garments to produce 76 percent of its export earnings.