Violence against Women Workers in the Ready-made Garments Industry in Bangladesh Md. Al-Amin ∗ Mohammad Mozammel Hoque ∗∗ Abstract Garments sector has indeed added great impetus to the poor economy of Bangladesh. Although majority of the employees are women they are most often prone to various types of violations especially the sexual one. The study is descriptive in nature. Both primary and secondary data are used in the study. This article contains some analysis of the real situation in light of which several recommendations were made to ensure the protection of the women workers. Keywords: garments industry, merchandising, women workers, harassment etc. Introduction Bangladesh is on the way of becoming a leading global star in the twenty first century because of garments industry that helps to bring it into this position. The garments industry in Bangladesh totally depends on women workers because of their numbers and low wages, delicate working hands. But women in Bangladesh have traditionally been excluded from outside activities by means of religious institutions such as the veil and different Islamic rules. Their presence in any kind of social, political or economic activities is very limited because the majority of population is Muslim and they follow lots of fatwa’s (Islamic rules by their religious leaders) against women working. In Bangladesh half of the population are woman and mostly illiterate. However, the rise of the ready-made garments industry in Bangladesh has provided women with opportunities to work outside for wages. This opportunity brings innumerable change in woman’s life such as a decrease in the importance of rural sector, giving importance on girls’ education and campaigns to improve women’s ∗ Lecturer of Sociology at Bangladesh Army University of Engineering and Technology (BAUET) and also serving as a head of the department., Email:dualaminsoc@yahoo.com ∗∗ Lecturer in department of Business Administration at Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology, Email:sumonhoq85@gmail.com World Vision ISSN: 2078-8460 Vol. 9 • No. 1 • Nov 2015