The German development partner GIZ will provide 7.0-million euro as grant for social protection of the workers in the textile and leather industries in Bangladesh.

To this end, a grant deal between Economic Relations Division (ERD) and GIZ under the German development cooperation ministry was signed in Dhaka on Thursday.

The German government will give Bangladesh 7 million euro in grants to help provide social protection for workers of the textile and leather sectors. 

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Social protection is a recognized fundamental human right and could include sick pay, unemployment benefit and injury insurance. The pandemic brought home the precariousness of the garment industry’s production model, as millions of workers in countries with no safety net were left without pay as the industry came to an abrupt halt.