Assessment of Socio-Economic and Sexual Vulnerability of Tea Workers in Bangladesh

Md Ziaur Rahman,Nazmul Huda,Sajedul Islam Khan,Md Rafiuz Zaman,Nurullah A B M,Md Nazirul Islam Sarker

doi:10.32861/jssr.411.229.240

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore and explain the dynamics of a sexual vulnerability of female tea garden workers in Bangladesh. A quantitative oriented qualitative mixed method has been applied to this study. The study reveals that nearly 52% of the respondents are tortured or harassed in the garden and among them, 26% of the tortured respondents have convicted Tila babu. Only 26% of the total respondents have slight radio exposure. And surprisingly 1% of the respondents hear radio less than once a week. Many new issues are found in this research such as 5% of the respondents watch TV less than once a week. Marxist feminist theory and feminist political activist theory have been consulted to explore the concerned issues such as a womenâ€™s right to bodily integrity and autonomy for protection from domestic violence, sexual harassment, and rape as well as workplace rights. Marxist thinkers indicate that all exploitations domination is occurred because of class inequality and class discrimination. Because Marxist theory has little room for issues dealing directly with womenâ€™s reproductive and sexual concerns, many Marxist feminists initially focused on womenâ€™s work-related concerns. The study suggests that law enforcement should be strengthened through giving punishment of convicted persons of tea garden authorities through introducing an inter tea gardenâ€™s Investigation Commission and increasing accessibility of NGOs.

Highlights

New senior high school graduates‟ interest in entering four years undergraduate teacher education programs has been increasing in Indonesia
All first-year student teachers allowed researchers to use the data in the study. Evidence from this current study indicated that the first-year science and non-science student teachers‟ interpretations and explanations of their motives for entering teacher education programs were quantitatively and qualitatively interwoven among altruistic, intrinsic, and extrinsic motives across participants of seven different undergraduate teacher education programs
It is surprising that few prior studies have documented student teachers‟ motives and explanations to become a teacher by entering teacher education programs in Indonesia except for Mukminin et al (2017a) and Mukminin et al (2017b) whose studies focused on year 2, 3, and 4 English as foreign language (EFL) student teachers‟ motives to become a teacher through entering an English teacher education program

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Introduction

New senior high school graduates‟ interest in entering four years undergraduate teacher education programs has been increasing in Indonesia. The increase in the number of senior high school graduates entering teacher education programs has indicated that teaching profession may not become the last choice of young people in Indonesia. The findings of several studies indicated that loving working with children or young people was one of the altruistic motives for person‟s goal to enter teacher education to become a teacher (Fokkens-Bruinsma and Canrınus, 2012; Kılınc et al, 2012; Kyrıacou et al, 1999; Laı et al, 2005; Manuel and Hughes, 2006; Mukminin et al, 2017a; Rıchardson and Watt, 2006; Yong, 1995)

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