CEDIL Work-in-Freedom 2 Bangladesh Migration Dataset

This survey is part of a broader evaluation study that supports the Foreign Commonwealth and Development office, United Kingdom (formerly DFID) funded program Work in Freedom Phase 2 (WiF-2), the International Labor Organization (ILO) has implemented between 2018 and 2023. WiF-2 aims \"to reduce vulnerability to trafficking and forced labor of women and girls across migration pathways leading to the care sector and textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries (TCLFI) of South Asia and the Arab States\" (TOC WiF-2). Forced migration includes deceptive or coercive recruitment, abuse of vulnerable situations, exploitative conditions of work, coercion at the destination, and abuse of vulnerability at the destination. The program aims to reach at least 350,000 women and girls at source in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and at destinations in Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Jordan. This survey is aimed to quantify the women's migration dynamics, migration-related decision-making, and empowerment. We collected information about female migrants and their spouses (or other influential family members) to assess the risk of forced labor and trafficking along the migration pathway and the impact of WiF interventions to date. In addition to assessing the impact of WiF-2 programs, information from the survey is being used to establish an innovating Women's Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI) to measure women's ability (due to WiF2's intervention) to make decisions about entering/staying/leaving exploitative work conditions. The survey was conducted in six districts of Bangladesh identified as migration-prone where the International Labor Organization project had been active, including Narayanganj, Kishoreganj, Dhaka, Brahmanbaria, Gazipur and Faridpur from May to June 2022. It is important to highlight that the survey was purposive, non-probability samples targeting experienced, potential and non-migrants. The results are not generalizable to a larger population, as the sampling was created in the context of programme evaluation.本调查属于一项更广泛评估研究的组成部分，该研究支持英国外交、联邦及发展事务部（Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office）资助的自由工作项目二期（Work in Freedom Phase 2，WiF-2），该项目由国际劳工组织（International Labor Organization，ILO）于2018年至2023年间实施。自由工作项目二期的目标是"降低南亚及阿拉伯国家照护行业、纺织、服装、皮革和制鞋行业（Textiles, Clothing, Leather and Footwear Industries，TCLFI）相关移徙路径上的妇女与女童面临人口贩运和强迫劳动的脆弱性"（自由工作项目二期术语文件，TOC WiF-2）。强迫移徙涵盖欺骗性或胁迫性招募、利用弱势处境、剥削性工作条件、目的地胁迫行为以及目的地对弱势处境的滥用。该项目计划在印度、尼泊尔、孟加拉国等移徙来源国以及阿曼、巴林、黎巴嫩、约旦等移徙目的地国，惠及至少35万名妇女与女童。本次调查旨在量化妇女移徙动态、移徙相关决策能力与赋权水平，研究团队收集了女性移民及其配偶（或其他具有影响力的家庭成员）的相关信息，以评估移徙路径上的强迫劳动与人口贩运风险，以及截至目前自由工作项目二期的干预成效。除评估自由工作项目二期的实施效果外，本次调查收集的信息还将用于构建创新型移徙妇女赋权指数（Women's Empowerment in Migration Index，WEMI），以衡量妇女在自由工作项目二期干预下，就进入、留存或脱离剥削性工作条件作出决策的能力。本次调查于2022年5月至6月，在孟加拉国六个被认定为移徙高发且国际劳工组织项目已落地的县开展，分别为纳拉扬甘杰（Narayanganj）、基绍尔甘杰（Kishoreganj）、达卡（Dhaka）、婆罗门巴里亚（Brahmanbaria）、加齐布尔（Gazipur）与法里德布尔（Faridpur）。需要特别说明的是，本次调查采用立意非概率抽样方法，调研对象涵盖有移徙经验者、潜在移徙者与非移徙者。由于本次抽样是为项目评估量身设计的，因此研究结果无法推广至更大范围的人群。