If ever an example was needed that sincerity doesn't pay, one could visit the farm fields of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh. There, female farm labourers who are renowned for their dedication to the task at hand are consistently paid less than male colleagues. “We have to work for a smaller wage,” says Rosoda Bala, 35, a farm labourer from Bokanthapur village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
