Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad on Tuesday said that no more incident of harassment would happen with Bangladeshi female workers in Saudi Arabia as the government has taken steps to protect the female workers, reports BSS.
“I believe that no more Bangladeshi women workers in Saudi Arabia would be harassed and persecuted by their employers in coming days,” the minister said at a press briefing on the International Migrants Day at the Ministry. New initiatives have been taken for protecting the female workers in Saudi Arabia and the situation would be better, he said, adding that “All the women workers who are now abroad are safe.”
After last month’s joint technical committee with the Saudi authority led by the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary the situation has improved, the minister said. Under the new agreement signed with the Saudi Arabia, the minister said, legal action will be taken against the employer who will be found responsible for repression on the women workers.
Claiming that most of the migrants workers are ‘cheated’ and suffer immense financial loss for migrating abroad for job, Imran Ahmad said, adding, “The government wants to change the situation.”
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Secretary Selim Reza, Director General of the Wage Earners Welfare Board (WEWB) Gazi Mohammad Julhash, Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Director General Shamsul Alam, Additional Secretaries of the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Munirus Salehin, Sabiha Parvin, Nazibul Islam and Shahidul Alam, among others, attended the press briefing.
