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What Next? Skill Development for Livelihood: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrant Workers in Kurdistan

International Perspectives in Social Justice Programs at the Institutional and Community Levels

ISBN: 978-1-80043-489-9, eISBN: 978-1-80043-488-2

Publication date: 9 April 2021

Abstract

UN has been advocating compulsory and free education for all, as specified in the Millennium Development Goal. Education is a right of every human being, and it is the right to realize other rights. It is the right toward social mobility and achieves economic stability in life. Every year hundreds and thousands of people from the developing world leave their homes in search of livelihood. They undertake a perilous and life-threatening journey in search of jobs. Often, they are motivated with the desire to earn more and ensure a better livelihood for them and their families back home. At times they are driven by persecution, genocide, or natural disasters. Bangladesh has been a source of immigrant workers who have been seeking employment mainly as unskilled workers outside their country. These workers who work in construction sites, malls, or as domestic help have a “shelf life” which barely exceeds the age of 50 years. This study conducted in a province of Kurdistan in northern Iraq explores the fear of losing their livelihood post 50 years of age. In most cases, these workers have not been educated and have not received any skill development training, which would enable them to remain as the bread earner long after they have returned home. Both quantitative and qualitative studies were conducted with 149 workers from Bangladesh who has been staying and working in Duhok. The findings have been explained, and suitable recommendations were provided in keeping with the data analysis.

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Sengupta, E. (2021), "What Next? Skill Development for Livelihood: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrant Workers in Kurdistan", Sengupta, E. and Blessinger, P. (Ed.) International Perspectives in Social Justice Programs at the Institutional and Community Levels (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 37), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 45-55. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120210000037004

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