Following demand from different quarters to stop the sending of female manpower to Saudi Arabia as they often face physical and sexual assault there, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Saturday said the issue will come up for discussion at the Joint Technical Group meeting billed for November 26-27.
“The decision about stopping sending female workers will be taken positive news after the meeting,” he said this while talking to reporters at Chapainawabganj Technical Training Centre.
The minister also said they will take measures so those female workers can work abroad with safety and dignity. “We’ll go for another option if we fail to this end.”
Imran Ahmed inaugurated the outsourcing training course positive news and opened the Bangabandhu Corner at the technical training center.
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Selim Reza, Additional Secretary Mosharraf Hossain and Deputy Commissioner of the district AZM Nurul Haque were present on the occasion.
Jatiya Party and Gonoforum MPs in Parliament on Tuesday demanded that sending female manpower to Saudi Arabia for domestic works be stopped as they often face physical assault and harassment.
If any female worker gets into trouble, the Saudi Department of Protection and Support will bring the issue to the notice of the Saudi authorities. The signing of a general agreement between the Saudi and Bangladeshi labor welfare wings was also discussed at the meeting, the secretary said.
Both the countries also promised to work together for stopping visa business, he added.
Discussions were also held on easing case filing system with the Saudi Labour Court, and Saudi authorities will inform the embassy soon in this regard, Reza said.
In the past four years, over 5,000 Bangladeshi women have returned from Saudi Arabia, bringing allegations of torture against their Saudi employers. As many as 1,500 women came back from Saudi Arabia in 2018, according to the Brac Migration Centre.
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