Pakhi Begum left Bangladesh for Dubai to work as a maid, only to find
that her recruiter had sold her into domestic servitude. After months
of hard labour and abuse she fell ill and was sent back to Bangladesh
without being paid.
UN Women has been working to protect the rights of women migrant
workers in Bangladesh since 2005, partnering with government
ministries. When the government established the country's first
resource centre for migrant workers in 2009, UN Women ensured that it
would provide women like Pakhi with easier access to information about
safe migration.
Photo Credit: UN Women/Anindit Roy-Chowdhury
