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

我正在申请ESRC大联盟博士培训伙伴关系（DTP）合作博士生项目，题为“探索儿童保育对孟加拉国女性服装工人及其家庭机会的影响”，因为该项目将为孟加拉国的女性服装工人带来积极成果。我申请这个项目是因为孟加拉国的成衣部门雇用了数百万妇女工人，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。该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找到可持续解决方案的项目。我在下面概述了相关资格和经验。我完成了文学硕士（MA）印度贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁大学（Jawaharlal Nehru University，JNU）的发展与劳动研究。文学硕士该方案侧重于当代发展和劳工问题，借鉴历史学、经济学、社会学和政治学等学科。在MA期间我特别喜欢文学硕士课程。我参加了名为“妇女与工作”的课程，因为这门课程使我熟悉了有关妇女与工作的理论，并帮助我更好地理解我周围的妇女所面临的挑战。这门课的阅读材料包括《零点的革命：家务、生殖和女权主义斗争》和《社会再生产理论：重新绘制阶级，重新定位压迫》，这些书启发我写了关于印度妇女无酬照护工作的课堂作业。我后来开发了这个任务，并提交出版，它已发表在国际妇女研究杂志。因此，我非常熟悉社会再生产理论，并能够在博士项目中使用该理论，因为该项目需要使用该理论。工作经验方面，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，并由CBS与布拉克大学和塔夫茨大学合作实施。该项目的重点是确定孟加拉国服装供应链中的社会可持续性举措。在我的角色中，我负责与孟加拉国服装行业的主要利益相关者进行访谈，并负责翻译，转录采访和分析成绩单。我还想补充的是，我在进行定性研究（包括使用NVivo软件）方面获得了实践经验，并参与撰写了两份由哥本哈根商学院和塔夫茨大学出版的RISC项目报告。我还完成了一项题为“公民社会对保持和平意义的看法”的作业。“这项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居民，特别是妇女对可持续和平的看法。我与Naripokkho合作，担任这项研究的研究员，并与孟加拉国妇女民间社会领导人，活动家和学者组织，进行，转录和翻译焦点小组讨论（FGD）和关键知情人访谈（KII）。此外，我熟悉定性和定量研究方法，因为我必须完成研究方法课程，并提交研究论文，为我的社会科学学士学位（BS）。我在达卡大学攻读经济学硕士学位，在JNU的发展和劳动力研究方案。

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.