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Ways of Spouse Support in Garment Workers’ Workplace Resistance: A Qualitative Study

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  • Md. Mynul Islam

    (Gender and Development Studies (GDS) Program, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand)

  • Kyoko Kusakabe

    (Gender and Development Studies (GDS) Program, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand)

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to explore the different ways of spouse support for garment workers in Dhaka city. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with male and female workers and their spouses and key informant interviews with relevant stakeholders to explore the different ways of support. The results highlight that male and female workers receive different ways of support for their ways in workplace resistance; therefore, male and female workers cannot participate in their workplace resistance in the same way. In terms of large collective resistance activities, husbands and wives support their spouses’ decisions to participate. Such agreement is important for workers to receive financial and other supports during the protest. However, not all female workers can participate inside and outside large groups of collective resistance as can male workers. Some female workers need to convince their husbands in order to participate inside and outside large groups of collective resistance, because husbands are serious about adherence to purdah. Such restrictions from husbands make it difficult for female workers who are in a dilemma between pressure from coworkers and from their husbands. In terms of small groups of collective resistance and individual resistance, women are more engaged than men, since men, being the main breadwinner in the family, cannot risk their jobs through such resistance.

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  • Md. Mynul Islam & Kyoko Kusakabe, 2024. "Ways of Spouse Support in Garment Workers’ Workplace Resistance: A Qualitative Study," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-13, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:13:y:2024:i:5:p:230-:d:1381282
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