Title : ANALYSIS ON CONTRIBUTION OF GARMENT INDUSTRIES AND FEMALE WORKERS EMPOWERMENT: A CASE OF CKJ MYANMAR CO, LTD., THANLYIN

Keywords : Contribution of Garment industry, women empowerment

Authors : Khaing Khaing Moe

Publication Date : 2020-08-01

Description : Women empowerment is a force for economic development of the country .It is also a part of sustainable development goal. The objective of the study is to identify the demographic condition of female workers and to examine the contribution of CKJ Myanmar garment industry to female workers empowerment at household level. The sample size of the study was 154 female workers from CKJ Myanmar and simple random sampling method was used. The multiple regression model was used to test the relationship of dependent variable and independent variables. According to the answers of respondents, most of respondents are between 20 years and 25 years old. Female workers who finished secondary level and the number of single respondents are the most. According to native, most of the respondents live in Yangon region. It is found that over 65% of respondents have empowerment in their life. The study shows that access to resources, ownership of assets, coping capacity household shocks have significant impact on women empowerment according to the regression analysis of the data. The contribution of garment industry can improve the female workers empowerment. Therefore, the study recommend that the garment industry employers should provide training female employees to adapt to new technology, giving rewards both a word and money to bring motivation. The policy makers and civil societies should provide many vocational training centers that offer sewing operators courses in line with international labor standard. Moreover, government should provide to develop the garment industries with good policy and plans.