Tuomo Poutiainen

Changes in work pattern, migration, inflation and climate change make the care arrangements that heavily rely on families unsuitable.

Bangladesh has about 15 million people aged 60 and above; by 2050, this number will have more than doubled to 36 million.

Women in Bangladesh spend about 25 percent of their time daily on unpaid care work while men spend 3.3 percent of their time on the same.

The Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework (BNQF) combines general education, technical-vocational education and higher education into one harmonised, quality-assured system.

During the early months of the Covid-19 global pandemic, almost 400,000 migrant workers were forced to return home, not knowing when the crisis would end or when they would return to their jobs.

The theme of the World Youth Skills Day 2020 (observed on July 15) is “skills and resilient youth”.

Today, there are 1.2 billion young people aged between 15-24 years—almost a fifth of the world’s population.

Six long years have passed since the horrific tragedy that engulfed Rana Plaza on April 24, 2013. Over 1,100 workers perished that day and the devastation sent shockwaves not just through the ready-made garment (RMG) sector but across the entire world.