AAFLI

Grant is provided under the Asia Democracy Program (4990002) to the Asian American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI) to strengthen the formal and informal democratic institutions in Bangladesh that safeguard the rights of Bangladeshi workers. There are two components to the program. Under the first component, labor law reform, an expert in comparative law (an AAFLI consultant), working with the Labor Reform Commission (LLRC), will conduct seminars on the labor laws of other countries and on what is required to remain eligible for benefits under the revised Generalized System of Preferences Act, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Harkin Bill on child labor. In addition, the consultant will upgrade the capacity of Members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Labor to assess the recommendations of the LLRC; establish a Labor Law Forum to further communication between labor groups and the government; and establish a media center and train labor groups to use the media to lobby public support. Under the second component, labor law education and implementation, the AAFLI will: coordinate NGO programs to instruct nearly 800,000 women in the garment industry in their

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABL-160 (1993). The source's own text.