Karmojibi Nari is a women headed, and women led national organization. KN started its journey on 1st of May 1991 – thirty-two years ago, is still marching on the road to ensure women rights, dignity, power and authority of women especially women workers in Bangladesh. Over the years KN organized formal and informal sectors’ workers especially the women workers. At the same time KN tries to empower and strengthen the leadership capacity of the women workers and advocating with concerned authorities to harmonize the existing regulations, amend and/or enact new one and effective implementation of the laws for the wellbeing of workers.

Date of establishment

1st May 1991

Legal status

– Department of Women and Child Affairs (MoWCA) of the GoB. Reg. WAO/DAC/157/96; Dated: 21/11/96 under the Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1961

– NGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB) Reg. 1199; Dated: 16/10/1997 and Updated till 2027. Registered under the Foreign Donation (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Ordinance 1978 (which was repealed in 2016 and named as `Foreign Donation (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Act, 2016)

– Tax no: 461197868774
– VAT (BIN) no. 002838186-0401

Our Vision

A just and egalitarian society free from exploitation, deprivation, and discrimination in which woman-workers, women, and labourers enjoy their rights, dignity, power, and authority

Our Mission

To develop an organization of women-workers and movements through participation with woman-workers, women, laborers and likeminded individuals, initiatives, institutions and movements.

Our Goal

The goal of KN is to develop womenfolk in totality through achieving gender equality, enhancing the status of women, protecting human rights of women and ensuring women’s participation in the mainstream of development.

Our Values

Objectives

To promote working women’s organization through national movements for establishing women’s rights and ensuring women’s conducive work environment.
To organize women workers and develop leadership among them through promotion of cells.
To strengthen and increase women’s participation (and leadership – mentioned in the Constitution) in Trade Unions and in all decision making processes.
To take measures for proper implementation of labour laws of the country and ILO Conventions.
To develop skill of working women for social, economic and human development.
Initiating a new and timely movement to create a society free of repression, persecution or discrimination against autocratic rule.
To create awareness among women workers and creating women leadership in trade unions and the CBAs (Collective Bargaining Agents)
To take initiative for worker’s rehabilitation during any kind of emergency and
To develop strategy for reintegration of the returnee women migrants in the society

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