Exploring the Impact of Childcare Provision on the Opportunities for Women Garment Workers and their Families in Bangladesh

我正在申请ESRC大联合博士培训伙伴关系（DTP）合作博士生奖学金，题为“探索儿童保育对孟加拉国服装女工及其家庭机会的影响”，因为该项目将为孟加拉国服装女工带来积极的成果。我之所以申请这个项目，是因为孟加拉国的成衣（RMG）行业雇佣了数百万女工，她们通常不得不在工厂加班，这意味着她们没有足够的时间照顾孩子；因此，了解儿童保育如何影响她们的机会是很重要的。这个项目也与我的技能和资格密切相关。我成功地完成了旨在为孟加拉国当地妇女和服装工人寻找可持续解决方案的项目。我已将相关资格和经验概述如下。我在印度贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁大学（JNU）获得了发展与劳动研究的文学硕士学位。硕士课程侧重于当代发展和劳工问题，借鉴历史、经济学、社会学和政治学等学科。在硕士课程中，我特别喜欢名为“女性与工作”的硕士课程，因为这门课程使我熟悉了女性与工作的理论，并帮助我更好地理解我周围的女性所面临的挑战。这门课的阅读材料包括《起点上的革命：家务、再生产和女权主义斗争》和《社会再生产理论：重新定位阶级，重新审视压迫》，这些书启发了我写关于印度妇女无偿照顾工作的课堂作业。后来我完成了这个作业并将其提交出版，并发表在《国际妇女研究杂志》上。因此，我对社会再生产理论非常熟悉，并且能够在博士项目中使用该理论，因为项目需要使用该理论。在工作经历方面，我曾在布拉克大学担任国际供应链监管（RISC）项目的研究助理。RISC项目由哥本哈根商学院（CBS）领导，由CBS与布拉克大学和塔夫茨大学合作实施。该项目侧重于确定孟加拉国服装供应链中的社会可持续性举措。在我的职位上，我负责对孟加拉国服装行业的主要利益相关者进行采访，并负责翻译、转录采访和分析笔录。我还想补充一点，我获得了进行定性研究的经验（包括使用NVivo软件），并参与编写了两份RISC项目报告，并由哥本哈根商学院和塔夫茨大学出版。我还完成了一项题为“公民社会对维持和平意义的看法”的作业。本研究由联合国妇女署资助，由Naripokkho（孟加拉国一个以妇女权利为基础的非政府组织）实施，目的是更好地了解民间社会和当地民众，特别是妇女对可持续和平的看法。我作为这项研究的研究员与Naripokkho一起工作，并组织、进行、转录和翻译了与孟加拉国妇女民间社会领袖、活动家和学者的焦点小组讨论（fgd）和关键线人访谈（KIIs）。此外，我对定性和定量研究方法都很熟悉，因为我必须完成研究方法课程，并为我在达卡大学的经济学社会科学学士课程和在JNU的发展与劳动研究硕士课程提交研究论文。

I am applying for the ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) collaborative doctoral studentship titled 'Exploring the impact of childcare provision on the opportunities for women garment workers and their families in Bangladesh,' as the project will lead to positive outcomes for women garment workers in Bangladesh. I am applying for this project as the Readymade Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh employs millions of women workers andthey usually have to work overtime in factories which means that they do not have sufficient time to care for their children; therefore, it is important to find out how childcare impacts their opportunities. The project is also closely aligned with my skills and qualifications. I have successfully accomplished projects which aimed to find sustainable solutions for local women and garment workers in Bangladesh. I have outlined relevant qualifications and experience below.I completed Master of Arts (M.A.) in Development and Labour Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India. The M.A. programme focused on contemporary development and labour issues, drawing from the disciplines of history, economics, sociology and political science. During the M.A. programme I particularly enjoyed the M.A. course titled 'Women and Work' as this course familiarized me with theories on women and work and helped me better understand the challenges that women around me face. The reading materials for this course entailed'Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle' and 'Social reproduction theory: Remapping class, recentering oppression,' and these books inspired me to write my class assignment on women's unpaid care work in India. I later on developed this assignment and submitted it for publication, and it has been published in Journal of International Women's Studies. I am therefore well acquainted with social reproduction theory and will be able to utilize the theory in the doctoral project as the project requires utilization of this theory.In terms of work experience I worked at Brac University as Research Associate for the Regulation of International Supply Chains (RISC) project. The RISC project was led by Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and implemented by CBS in collaboration with Brac University and Tufts University. The project focused on identifying social sustainability initiatives in Bangladesh apparel supply chains. In my role I was responsible for conducting interviews with key stakeholders involved in the Bangladesh apparel industry, and responsible for translating, transcribing the interviews and analyzing the transcripts. I would also like to add that I gained hands on experience in conducting qualitative research (including the use of NVivo software) and participated in writing two project reports for RISC project which have been published by Copenhagen Business School and Tufts University. I also completed an assignment titled "Civil Society's Perception of the meaning of Sustaining Peace." This study was funded by UN Women and implemented by Naripokkho (a Bangladeshi women's rights based Non-Governmental Organization), the objective of this study was to better understand the perspectives of civil society and local populations, especially women, on sustainable peace. I worked with Naripokkho as a researcher for this study and organized, conducted, transcribed and translated Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) with Bangladeshi women civil society leaders, activists and academics. Furthermore, I am acquainted with both qualitative and quantitative research methods as I had to complete research methods courses and also submit research papers for my Bachelor of Social Sciences (B.S.S.) programme in Economics at the University of Dhaka and my M.A. programme in Development and Labour Studies at JNU.