Dhaka, March 24 -- The garment factories in Bangladesh have the largest gender pay gaps between 22 per cent and 30 per cent for base wage, according to a latest study.

On the other hand, for the garment factories in Turkey, the gaps are smaller but variable, at between 4.0 per cent and 17 per cent while a negative 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent is recorded for the garment factories in Thailand.

The study 'Gender Pay Gaps in Global Supply Chains: Findings from Workplaces in Bangladesh, Colombia, Morocco, Thailand, and Turkey' by Anker Research Institute was published last month.

Primark, an Irish multinational fast fashion retailer and one of the big buyers of local RMG, funded for the studies in Turkey and Bangladesh.

Payroll data for a...