Shurokkha – Advocacy for Employment Injury Insurance funded by the Laudes Foundation with the objective to build a political consensus for the adoption of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) in Bangladesh. Supporting the medium to long-term purpose to gain EII for workers, the project builds the capacity of workers to advocate effectively.The project not only fosters grassroot support and creates awareness regarding the benefits of an EII among workers, the Government and the employers, but it also strengthens the capacity of the civil society as well as media representatives for an effective agenda-setting.
Shurokkha – the Bangla word for "protection" – underlines the overall vision of this initiative. Social protection is a human right and is defined as "the set of policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle" (International Labour Organization (ILO) 2017).