Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- Women workers from Bangladesh's informal and marginalised sectors stepped forward on Wednesday to demand legal protection, fair wages and formal recognition at an event in Dhaka that spotlighted long-standing inequalities in the country's labour landscape.

The programme, titled "From Shadows to Leadership," was organised by Oxfam in Bangladesh along with 33 civil society partners and co-funded by the EU under the Empowering Women Through Civil Society Actors in Bangladesh (EWCSA) project.

According to baseline findings shared at the event, only 0.73% of women workers had formal contracts, while 85% lacked awareness of their rights.

Most had also never interacted with a civil society organisation, underscoring deep-roo...