UW News
Rachel Heath
February 17, 2015
Study: Manufacturing growth can benefit Bangladeshi women workers
![Workers in an apparel company in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in December 2014.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2015/02/04173740/16091594158_7abf05498e_k-150x150.jpg)
The life of a Bangladeshi garment factory worker is not an easy one. But new research from the University of Washington indicates that access to such factory jobs can improve the lives of young Bangladeshi women — motivating them to stay in school and lowering their likelihood of early marriage and childbirth.