Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is a leading tripartite alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs that promotes respect for workers' rights around the globe. ETI’s vision is a world where all workers are free from exploitation and discrimination, and enjoy conditions of freedom, security, and equity.

Ethical Trading Initiative Bangladesh is independently registered subsidiary of ETI; established with the aim of designing and delivering programmes and activities in Bangladesh to achieve ETI’s global vision and strategy.

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Total reach

105670

Female beneficiaries

7981

Management level staff trained

112

Factories worked with

Impact Stories

Sexual Harassment Compliant Committee (SHCC): A Step Towards Breaking the Silence

In 2008, following the sexual harassment reports pouring in all over Bangladesh, the Bangladesh National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) brought before the Supreme Court a writ against the Government of Bangladesh on sexual harassment. After careful review by the high court, it was found out that there were no specific legislative provisions for addressing sexual harassment of women and girl children. In 2009,