Exploring the Impact of Childcare Provision on the Opportunities for Women Garment Workers and their Families in Bangladesh

探索儿童保育服务对孟加拉国女性服装工人及其家庭机会的影响

• 批准号: 2892438
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The Open University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2892438
• 关键词: Exploring; Impact; Childcare; Provision; Opportunities

I am applying for the ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) collaborative doctoral studentship titled 'Exploring the impact of childcare provision on the opportunities for women garment workers and their families in Bangladesh,' as the project will lead to positive outcomes for women garment workers in Bangladesh. I am applying for this project as the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh employs millions of women workers andthey usually have to work overtime in factories which means that they do not have sufficient time to care for their children; therefore, it is important to find out how childcare impacts their opportunities. The project is also closely aligned with my skills and qualifications. I have successfully accomplished projects which aimed to find sustainable solutions for local women and garment workers in Bangladesh. I have outlined relevant qualifications and experience below.I completed Master of Arts (M.A.) in Development and Labour Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India. The M.A. programme focused on contemporary development and labour issues, drawing from the disciplines of history, economics, sociology and political science. During the M.A. programme I particularly enjoyed the M.A. course titled 'Women and Work' as this course familiarized me with theories on women and work and helped me better understand the challenges that women around me face. The reading materials for this course entailed'Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle' and 'Social reproduction theory: Remapping class, recentering oppression,' and these books inspired me to write my class assignment on women's unpaid care work in India. I later on developed this assignment and submitted it for publication, and it has been published in Journal of International Women's Studies. I am therefore well acquainted with social reproduction theory and will be able to utilize the theory in the doctoral project as the project requires utilization of this theory.In terms of work experience I worked at Brac University as Research Associate for the Regulation of International Supply Chains (RISC) project. The RISC project was led by Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and implemented by CBS in collaboration with Brac University and Tufts University. The project focused on identifying social sustainability initiatives in Bangladesh apparel supply chains. In my role I was responsible for conducting interviews with key stakeholders involved in the Bangladesh apparel industry, and responsible for translating, transcribing the interviews and analyzing the transcripts. I would also like to add that I gained hands on experience in conducting qualitative research (including the use of NVivo software) and participated in writing two project reports for RISC project which have been published by Copenhagen Business School and Tufts University. I also completed an assignment titled "Civil Society's Perception of the meaning of Sustaining Peace." This study was funded by UN Women and implemented by Naripokkho (a Bangladeshi women's rights based Non-Governmental Organization), the objective of this study was to better understand the perspectives of civil society and local populations, especially women, on sustainable peace. I worked with Naripokkho as a researcher for this study and organized, conducted, transcribed and translated Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with Bangladeshi women civil society leaders, activists and academics. Furthermore, I am acquainted with both qualitative and quantitative research methods as I had to complete research methods courses and also submit research papers for my Bachelor of Social Sciences (B.S.S.) programme in Economics at the University of Dhaka and my M.A. programme in Development and Labour Studies at JNU.

我正在申请ESRC大联盟博士培训合作伙伴关系（DTP）合作博士学位学生，标题为“探索托儿服务对孟加拉国女性服装工人及其家人的机会的影响”，因为该项目将带来妇女服装的积极成果孟加拉国的工人。我正在申请该项目，因为孟加拉国的现成服装（RMG）领域雇用了数百万的女工，他们通常必须在工厂中加班，这意味着他们没有足够的时间照顾孩子；因此，重要的是要找出托儿如何影响他们的机会。该项目也与我的技能和资格紧密相符。我已经成功完成了旨在为孟加拉国当地妇女和服装工人找到可持续解决方案的项目。我在下面概述了相关的资格和经验。硕士计划的重点是当代发展和劳动问题，借鉴了历史，经济学，社会学和政治学学科。在硕士课程中，我特别喜欢硕士课程，标题为“女性和工作”，因为这门课程使我了解了关于女性和工作的理论，并帮助我更好地了解了周围女性面临的挑战。本课程的阅读材料需要“零点：家务劳动，繁殖和女权主义斗争”和“社会复制理论：重建课程，最近的压迫”，这些书启发了我在妇女无偿护理工作中写下我的课堂任务印度。后来，我开发了这项任务并将其提交出版，并已发表在国际妇女研究杂志上。因此，我对社会复制理论非常熟悉，并且能够在博士项目中利用该理论，因为该项目需要利用该理论。 （RISC）项目。 RISC项目由哥本哈根商学院（CBS）领导，由CBS与BRAC大学和塔夫茨大学合作实施。该项目着重于确定孟加拉国服装供应链中的社会可持续性计划。在我的角色中，我负责对孟加拉国服装行业的主要利益相关者进行访谈，并负责翻译，转录访谈和分析成绩单。我还想补充一点，我获得了进行定性研究（包括使用NVivo软件）的经验，并参与了由哥本哈根商学院和塔夫茨大学发布的RISC项目的两份项目报告。我还完成了一项名为“公民社会对维持和平意义的看法”的任务。这项研究是由联合国妇女资助的，并由Naripokkho（孟加拉国妇女权利的非政府组织）实施，这项研究的目的是更好地了解公民社会和地方人口的观点，尤其是妇女对可持续和平的观点。我与Naripokkho合作，担任这项研究的研究人员，并与孟加拉妇女民间社会社会领导者，激进主义者和学者组织，进行，转录和翻译焦点小组讨论（FGD）和关键的线人访谈（KIIS）。此外，我还熟悉定性和定量研究方法，因为我必须完成研究方法课程，并为我的社会科学学士学位（B.S.S.）提交研究论文JNU的研究。