In 2022, the International Labour Organization (ILO) declared a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental principle and right at work for all workers. As Better Work supports factories to respect, promote and realize this new fundamental right, we consider one story that exemplifies the importance of ensuring safety and health at work. One …

CAIRO, 17 March 2025 –  Following the adoption of Ministerial Decision No. 15 of 2025, which sets a new private sector minimum wage of 7,000 EGP (approximately 138 USD) per month, effective March 1, the ILO/IFC Better Work Egypt (BWEg) programme and the ILO “Empowerment through Education and Learning in Egypt” (ETEL) project have collaborated …

“He calls me madam at work so that my male subordinates would respect me,” Mosammat Sharifunnahar Shilpi quipped about her husband, Shahjahan Ali.  Shilpi is in charge of the Cutting Section at Alim Knit BD, a ready-made garment (RMG) factory located in the industrial district of Gazipur in central Bangladesh. Her husband, Shahjahan Ali works …