25 PVH supplier garment factories receive Thrive Champions Awards
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Some 25 PVH supplier garment factories received Thrive Champions Awards for demonstrating significant, measurable, and evident achievements in implementing the Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement (PACE) training programme.
USAID’s Women Thrive in Bangladesh Activity organised a suppliers’ roundtable and champions award ceremony on Thursday at a city hotel.
The event brought together attendees to share lessons learned and best practices from the activity implementations while recognising factories for their achievements in providing life and professional skills training to women workers in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) sector.
The PACE training programme equips women workers with market-oriented soft skills, such as negotiation and communication, to support career advancement while also helping them overcome social norms and gender barriers.
USAID’s Women Thrive in Bangladesh Activity presented these awards not only to recognise the factories’ efforts in empowering women workers but also to inspire others, promote positive competition, and strengthen accountability in implementing the PACE program.
Blair King, Deputy Director of USAID's Office of Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, attended as the chief guest.
Najeeb Sayed, Senior Director and Country Manager of PVH Bangladesh, and Ram Das, Country Director of CARE Bangladesh, also spoke as special guests.
Among others, Bushra Binte Baten, Corporate Responsibility Manager at PVH Corp, Sazzad Kamal, Project Management Specialist at USAID, and Aamanur Rahman, Chief of Party for USAID's Thrive Activity, also addressed the event.
Implemented by CARE Bangladesh, USAID’s Women Thrive in Bangladesh activity collaborates with the global brand PVH to empower women in the ready-made garment sector.
The activity provides a combination of professional skills and leadership development training for women working in PVH’s supply chain factories and their surrounding communities.
The activity aims to train more than 100,000 women workers in RMG factories and adjacent communities by 2026.
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