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Table 3. Most significant change analysis, conducted by focus group of female group members, 12 th December 2007 (17 women aged 40 +) What has been the most significant change in the past ten years? We can easily have food and sustain a good house More motivated about our rights Our children our getting educated; I have two daughters: one is taking SSCs and the other has just completed SSCs We (as women) can participate fully in the family court (shalish) Previously our husbands told us who to vote for on the UP and local government; now we can decide who to vote for I can talk with you people; previously we stayed in the house 4 or 5 of our group go and take a course at the Arabic Education centre (sewing skills): We never thought that thus stage of life we would learn something new Previously land was only for me; now we have 50:50 ownership; now joint decision making in land use within household. E.g. One woman in the group negotiated with her husband over whether to sell one of their two goats linked to school fees for daughters Not only assets; now we women are earning money through planting trees, rearing cows etc. We vote group member ot stand for the UP; we have a meeting before deciding who to put forward as a candidate (the women who got elected to the UP made sure that relief cards went to the vulnerable people Through our links to the UP and to higher levels of government we mobilised to sort out water and sanitation along with relief cards, old age allowance, infrastructure/roads Our relationships with our husbands have changed: there is less divorce because now worried about the community reaction and aware of the strictures of the law; “you can’t just say ‘I divorce you’” We talk about our land; in other communities women talk about their husbands’ land We take our children to the Upazila health centre; previously we waited for our husbands if a child was sick; now we go straight to the doctor Additional notes: The women’s group has weekly meetings. They sort out problems with health and diaorrhea Women’s group makes chilli powder and bricks for land rights struggle Joint signature means that women have to get involved in the registration process (previously just husband) 158
D.11. GTZ brokered dialogue within the Promotion of Social Environmental and Production Standards in the Ready Made Garment Sector (PROGRESS) I: Profile of the Intervention Issue Details 1. Donor agency GTZ 2. Partners / Implementing Self implemented ( as a technical assistance organisation agency/ies GTZ can implement its own projects) but part of project with 3. Objectives : regarding CVA and wider objectives in case CVA is component of broader intervention 4. Main CVA and other activities Ministry of Commerce PROGRESS original objective was to improve the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises. Since 2006 it has narrowed its focus on compliance standards and corporate responsibility.. Round table discussions to develop uniform system of social standards and new labour law 5. Target nistry of Commerce, business associations, buyers, suppliers, Group/Beneficiaries workers organisations, NGOs and civil society groups 6. Key linkages of intervention with other programmes 7. Duration Periodic (needs based) 8. Starting date 2004 9. Total budget Flexible and needs based but 2 years funding of the Multistakeholder Forum <strong>Bangladesh</strong> was funded with Euro 150,000 including GTZ TA time II: Overall Assessment of Intervention using DAC Criteria Relevance There was great concern about the future of <strong>Bangladesh</strong>’s garment industry in the run up to the end of Multi-fibre agreement (2005)and withdrawal of quotas. The predicted crisis did not materialise. However, the emergent situation means that the garments industry must become more competitive and thus address increasing pressure to meet international social compliance standards. The highly published death of 64 workers in a factory collapse in April 2005 and a subsequent series of factory fires highlighted the hazardous conditions which workers face. Workers mounted violent protests in May 2006 demanding increased minimum wage, the right to unionisation, appointment letters, weekly holidays, overtime pay and maternity leave. GTZ sponsored round table discussions to make recommendations for new labour law (2006) and to develop a uniform system of social compliance Efficiency GTZ has the flexibility to draw down funds as needed. There is no project framework to work to, only an overarching objective to facilitate information flow and build capacity in the ready made garments sector. It is impact and results oriented, investing money when and where it believes results will be significant. GTZ is now a ‘private firm’ owned by the German Government which allows it flexibility and avoids budgeting constraints which apply to other public institutions. This ‘commercialisation’ means that it has to prove its worth and ensure transparency and accountability. This flexibility was put to the test when the programme originally designed to address the predicted fall out from the cessation of the Multi Fibre Agreement was no longer needed as the crisis never materialised. GTZ was able to immediately respond to the Ministry of Commerce’s request for help with the newly emerging challenge of meeting international social and environmental compliance standards. GTZ sees this as a comparative advantage over other donors because they can engage with processes and adapt as they go along. As far as possible GTZ claims to use local expertise (efficient in terms of cost and ‘need for local synergy’) GTZ staff directly engage in projects and since they are working with 159
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