Abstract:

Readymade garment sector has been playing an important role in enhancing Bangladesh economy. Women represent 85 percent of the total 30 million employees in readymade garment industry. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among the garments workers with the objective to assess the menstrual hygiene practices of female garment with structured questionnaire by workers. Majority of the respondents were within the age group of 18-23 years. This study showed that only 30.5% respondents were maintaining personal hygiene properly during menstruation and 12% satisfied about their washing facilities in their working place. This study reflected different dimension in their reproductive life which were not upto the level. It should be improved for better standard. Further large scale studies needed to explore the real situation in this regard.

Keywords: Menstrual Hygiene practice, garment workers.

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