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Researcher : Salma Akhtar and Zobaida Nasrin
In tannery, where new leather is processed the major
activities include saltation of the raw leather, cleaning
and drying with chemicals, cleaning the leather surfaces
with hand pressure, collection of residuals of the processed
leather etc. These activities clearly shows an unhygienic
and unhealthy environment and is expected to have severe
health hazards like skin disease, asthma, chronic coughing
and chest diseases. This may also cause major health
hazard during pregnancy. Women's participation in tannery
is a part of tannery industry in Bangladesh. The main
foci therefore, on women's participation and examining
the issues related to this from the women workers' point
of view in the tannery industries. Thus the specific
objectives of the study are : (i) perception of women
workers regarding their socio-economic conditions, health
seeking behaviour, working environment and gender relation
in working place; (ii) problems prioritisation of women
workers by participatory approach; (iii) types of health
hazards they experienced; (iv) social status and obstacles;
(v) diversity and seasonality of their work; (vi) health
facilities and support system for the women workers;
and (vii) women's ideas and suggestions to improve their
socio-economic status and reduce poverty. The research
will be based mostly on qualitative data. The methods
to be employed include observation, focus group discussion,
informal interviews and case studies.
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