BGMEA signs deal to improve health status of RMG workers
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Switzerland-based international organisation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to provide better nutrition to the apparel sector workers.
The two sides intended to improve the health status of the country’s RMG workers, which will have a positive impact on the lives of the workers in Bangladesh, according to a press release.
The president of BGMEA, Faruque Hassan, and the country director of GAIN, Dr. Rudaba Khondker, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the BGMEA office. The MoU will enable collaboration to create a proper nutrition environment for RMG workers in the future.
Present at the signing were Mohammad Monower Hossain, joint secretary of BGMEA, Moniruzzaman Bipul, Portfolio Lead for Drivers of Food Systems Change at GAIN, and G.M. Reza Sumon, Project Manager at GAIN.
The two sides will provide technical guidance to strengthen the institutional capacity of the National WFN Alliance for scaling up nutrition activities for workers’ well-being.
This will include collective approaches and mechanisms to improve workers’ access to affordable, nutritious and safe food by establishing a Fair Price Shop (FPS) at factory premises, the press release added.
