Strongly Disagree Disagree Somewhat Disagree Uncertain Somewhat Agree Agree Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total 11 18 7 13 57 87 20 213 5.2 8.5 3.3 6.1 26.8 40.8 9.4 100% Above table shows that 9.4% of the respondents strongly agree with the view that they are satisfied with existing awareness program provided by their factory. 77% of the respondents is either strongly agree, agree or somewhat agree which means they are satisfied. Only 17% of the respondents is either somewhat disagree, disagree or strongly disagree. Remaining 6.1% is neutral in this regard. Though the level of satisfaction is high right now, the situation was different one year back as revealed from FGD. After the incidents of Rana Plaza, Tazreen Fashion and others, US Government has withdrawn GSP facility and foreign buyers have created pressure on garments owners as to compliance issues. Then factory owners started the awareness programs. 13. Loopholes and Recommendations Workers Conditions Currently only about 20% of Bangladeshi RMG workers have some understanding of their legal entitlements. Male workers are ahead of understanding of legal entitlements than female ones, although male comprises 20% of the total work force. Female workers are the main working force of the RMG section. Average age of women is 21 years, average education around 5.6 years, persistent wage gap 30%, less than one percent in managerial level.55 Current statistics show that female line-operators can earn approximately 60 % of their fellow male line-operators’ salaries, as the men tend to have the advantage of being employed in more technically skilled 55 GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), Social Compliance Fact Sheet: Realization of Human Rights in Bangladesh RMG Sector, May, 2010, pp. 1-2.