{"id":22944,"date":"2026-07-02T06:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/bunon2030\/?p=22944"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:32:14","slug":"lightcastle-roundtable-workforce-development-bangladesh-rmg-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/bunon2030\/lightcastle-roundtable-workforce-development-bangladesh-rmg-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"LightCastle\u00a0Partners Hosts Roundtable on Advancing Workforce Development in Bangladesh\u2019s RMG Sector\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On June 24, 2026,&nbsp;LightCastle&nbsp;Partners convened its fourth closed-door roundtable&nbsp;in partnership with&nbsp;Center for Communication Action Bangladesh (C-CAB), titled&nbsp;<strong>\u201cShaping the Future Workforce: Advancing Workforce Development in Bangladesh\u2019s RMG Sector\u201d<\/strong>.&nbsp;The session was&nbsp;organized&nbsp;as part of&nbsp;Bunon&nbsp;2030 under <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/news\/oporajita-phase-ii-just-transition-women-rmg-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phase 2 of the Oporajita \u2013 Collective Impact on Future of Work: Just Transition for Women in the RMG Ecosystem<\/a> initiative. This collective effort is supported by the H&amp;M Foundation, co-funded by Sweden and COS, with The Asia Foundation serving as the backbone&nbsp;organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roundtable brought together representatives from development&nbsp;organizations, the&nbsp;private sector, industry associations,&nbsp;and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2025\/11\/rmg-outlook-bangladesh-trade-green-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RMG sector,<\/a> as well as&nbsp;RMG sector experts. Participants included representatives from&nbsp;<strong>The Asia Foundation, UNCDF, CARE Bangladesh, CAIF, C-CAB, BGMEA, DBL Group, Meghna Knit Composite Ltd.,&nbsp;Tusuka&nbsp;Ltd., Apex Holdings Ltd., Ayat Education, and Neo Grid.&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roundtable&nbsp;commenced&nbsp;with a presentation by<a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/about-us\/people\/shoumik-shahriar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<strong>Shoumik Shahriar<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Business Consultant &amp; Project Manager from&nbsp;LightCastle&nbsp;Partners, who outlined the structural changes reshaping Bangladesh\u2019s RMG workforce. The presentation highlighted that the sector directly employs approximately&nbsp;<strong>3.8 million<\/strong>&nbsp;workers, with women accounting for more than&nbsp;<strong>55%<\/strong>&nbsp;of the workforce, yet only&nbsp;<strong>9%<\/strong>&nbsp;of supervisory and managerial positions. It also noted that more than 60% of workers lack the skills&nbsp;required&nbsp;for current and future roles.&nbsp;The presentation further examined how <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/06\/bangladesh-ai-automation-impact-labour-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">automation<\/a>, digitalization,&nbsp;and emerging sustainability requirements are changing factory-level skill needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the presentation, the discussion was moderated by<a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/about-us\/people\/zahedul-amin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<strong>Zahedul&nbsp;Amin<\/strong>,<\/a> Managing Director and Co-Founder of&nbsp;LightCastle&nbsp;Partners, and co-moderated by&nbsp;<strong>Rawnak&nbsp;Jahan<\/strong>, Director, Women and Youth&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;of CARE Bangladesh.&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Zahedul Amin&nbsp;guided the conversation around how successful<a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2021\/06\/how-can-bangladesh-enforce-a-more-equitable-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> workforce development<\/a> interventions could move from being project-specific to becoming part of a permanent, sector-wide system. He raised questions on Recognition of Prior Learning, the relevance and portability of certification,&nbsp;workforce&nbsp;and gender-linked financing mechanisms, the care economy challenges faced by Tier 2 and Tier 3 factories, and the sustainability of development interventions beyond their funding periods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms.&nbsp;Rawnak steered the discussion on women workers\u2019 career progression, the importance of combining technical and soft skills, and the social and institutional barriers that prevent women from advancing into supervisory and leadership positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following this framing, the floor was opened to stakeholders, beginning&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Mashook&nbsp;Mujib Chowdhury,<\/strong>&nbsp;Senior Manager,&nbsp;Sustainability,&nbsp;DBL Group, who&nbsp;highlighted the need to prepare workers for emerging sustainability and reporting requirements. He also discussed DBL Group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/04\/sustainable-finance-bangladesh-post-ldc-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sustainability<\/a>-linked loan, which offers financial incentives for achieving social targets such as increasing female representation in supervisory roles. However, he noted that longer working hours, social expectations,&nbsp;and limited understanding of supervisory compensation continue to affect women\u2019s progression into leadership positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the need for adaptable workers<strong>, Muhammad&nbsp;Mainul&nbsp;Islam<\/strong>, Director of Operations at Meghna Knit Composite Ltd.,&nbsp;emphasized&nbsp;the importance of multi-skilling to&nbsp;maintain&nbsp;productivity as factories shift between products. He explained that the company uses On-the-Job Training to help operators manage multiple machines and processes.&nbsp;<strong><em>\u201cSoft skills are what change the whole game,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;he said, stressing that technical training must be combined with leadership, responsibility,&nbsp;and ownership. He also noted that family responsibilities and relocation continue to limit the retention of women in supervisory roles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to women\u2019s aspirations and retention,&nbsp;<strong>Laila Karim<\/strong>, Director of Ayat Education, highlighted the social and economic barriers that prevent many women <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2023\/11\/enhancing-lives-of-rmg-workers-in-bangladesh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garment workers<\/a> from viewing factory employment as a long-term profession. She noted that&nbsp;\u201c<strong>limited literacy and immediate household pressures often restrict women\u2019s ability to envision progression into supervisory, technical or design-related roles\u201d.<\/strong>&nbsp;She called for training programs to expose workers to&nbsp;a&nbsp;wider range of factory careers and&nbsp;identify&nbsp;suitable candidates for targeted progression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms.&nbsp;Karim also&nbsp;emphasized&nbsp;the importance of the care <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2025\/07\/impact-of-iran-israel-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economy<\/a>, arguing that dependable childcare and health services should be treated as workforce-retention and sectoral compliance issues rather than optional welfare measures. She further called for a live worker database and greater digital literacy, noting that many women workers still lack access to smartphones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From an industry-association perspective,&nbsp;<strong>Saila Akther Nova<\/strong>,&nbsp;section&nbsp;in-charge&nbsp;of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2023\/11\/securing-jobs-in-apparel-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Skill Development<\/a>&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;at&nbsp;BGMEA, discussed&nbsp;the importance of&nbsp;recognizing the competencies of experienced workers through standardized&nbsp;certification. Although Recognition of Prior Learning is being implemented through BGMEA\u2019s&nbsp;center, it has not yet been&nbsp;regularized&nbsp;across the sector.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shifting the discussion towards financing,&nbsp;<strong>Nowshin Nawal<\/strong>, National Green Financing Analyst at UNCDF, highlighted the barriers faced by smaller enterprises and&nbsp;marginalized&nbsp;groups in accessing funding. She explained that banks and financial institutions often struggle to serve smaller borrowers because of profitability concerns and the high administrative cost of due diligence. She suggested that bulk approval mechanisms and streamlined certification could make it easier for smaller factories to <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/05\/building-sme-ecosystems-beyond-access-finance-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">access finance<\/a> for workforce capacity building and sustainability-related investments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong><em>We need to move towards market development systems,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0she said, highlighting the potential of guarantees, <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2014\/02\/startup-finance-101-wasabi-ventures-part-46\/\">equity-based financing,<\/a> bond markets,\u00a0and low-cost development partner support.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the sustainability of <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2024\/06\/lightcastle-knowledge-conclave-part-2\/\">development interventions<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Jamal Uddin<\/strong>, an independent RMG expert, highlighted the gap between development\u00a0programmes\u00a0and factory realities, noting that interventions often fail when they lack industry input. He also stressed that certifications must reflect the distinct skill requirements of knit, woven,\u00a0and sweater factories. \u201cFactories will always test the required skills; they will not\u00a0hire\u00a0based on certificates alone,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the discussion\u00a0of skills and employability,\u00a0<strong>Hasan James<\/strong>, Senior Program Officer at C-CAB, highlighted the behavioral and social barriers that <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2025\/05\/stem-barriers-for-women\/\">limit\u00a0women\u2019s progression.<\/a> He noted that\u00a0<strong><em>only 8% of surveyed women workers had smartphones, while 40% lacked confidence in their ability to take on leadership or technology-related roles,\u00a0and 71% believed men were better leaders<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to\u00a0workers\u00a0lived realities<strong>, Habibur Rahman Sarker<\/strong>, President of\u00a0Apex Holdings Ltd.,\u00a0emphasized that financial hardship, limited career aspirations,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/02\/childcare-as-social-protection-in-bangladesh\/\">unaffordable childcare<\/a>\u00a0frequently\u00a0force women to leave employment after childbirth.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting ongoing interventions,\u00a0<strong>Mohammad\u00a0Hassanuzzaman<\/strong>\u00a0of CARE Bangladesh explained that <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/news\/oporajita-phase-ii-just-transition-women-rmg-ecosystem\/\">Oporajita <\/a>combines technical training with leadership development, stress management,\u00a0and gender-based violence prevention.\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cOne-shot training is not enough; market connectivity makes it sustainable,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extending the discussion to women who have already left the sector,\u00a0<strong>Dhiman Halder<\/strong>, Manager at\u00a0Intellecap,\u00a0CAIF,\u00a0noted that\u00a0<strong>2.7<\/strong>\u00a0million women\u00a0are at risk of job loss and that many\u00a0fall out of\u00a0formal support systems\u00a0after leaving\u00a0factory employment. He highlighted the childcare gap between the end of\u00a0maternity leave\u00a0and the age at which many <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2024\/05\/worker-wellbeing-apparel-sector\/\">daycare facilities <\/a>accept children. He also outlined efforts to introduce\u00a0the recognition\u00a0of Prior Learning and create transition pathways into sectors such as plastics, leather,\u00a0and recycling.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering an industry example,\u00a0<strong>Md. Shahid Ullah Patwary<\/strong>, General Manager of\u00a0Tusuka\u00a0Group, shared the company\u2019s progress in <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2023\/03\/gender-diverse-boards-for-better-corporate-governance-practices\/\">developing women leaders.<\/a> Of 500 women trained, 60 were selected for progression, with 30 already promoted to supervisory roles and another 30 preparing for leadership positions. He also noted that\u00a0Tusuka\u00a0is supporting four former helpers and operators to pursue bachelor\u2019s degrees at the Asian University for Women,\u00a0demonstrating\u00a0how factories can invest in longer-term education and career pathways.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on these examples,&nbsp;<strong>Ainee&nbsp;Islam,&nbsp;<\/strong>Program Director<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>of The Asia Foundation,&nbsp;emphasized that Oporajita\u2019s interventions are grounded in a broader assessment of the sector and place women workers at the center. She noted that the&nbsp;<strong><em>program addresses not only technical skills but also childcare, social stigma, changing&nbsp;perceptions,&nbsp;and alternative livelihoods, with the aim of developing practical models that factories and policymakers can adapt and scale.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the session concluded, co-moderator\u00a0Rawnak\u00a0Jahan\u00a0synthesized the discussion by highlighting the need to combine hard and soft skills, align training with actual industry demand, and strengthen women\u2019s career aspirations with support from families, communities,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/06\/green-transition-finance-bangladesh-rmg-sector\/\">factory management<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cEven as a mother, she is a person with a dream,\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Rawnak said, underscoring the need to place women\u2019s aspirations at the\u00a0center of <a href=\"https:\/\/lightcastlepartners.com\/insights\/2026\/01\/economic-social-political-landscape-bangladesh-outlook\/\">Bangladesh\u2019s transition <\/a>towards a resilient, inclusive,\u00a0and future-ready RMG workforce.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LightCastle Partners convened a multi-stakeholder roundtable on advancing workforce development in Bangladesh&#8217;s RMG sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[42,44,52,43],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LightCastle\u00a0Hosts Roundtable on RMG Workforce Development<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LightCastle Partners convened a multi-stakeholder roundtable on advancing workforce development in Bangladesh&#039;s RMG 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