title: Morium Akter
text: # Morium Akter
  
  Morium Akter is the current general secretary of the Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation (BIGUF), one of the largest trade union federations of garment workers in Bangladesh. She is also the vice president of the Bangladesh Textile and Garments Workers League.
  
  ## Career
  
  Akter began working in a garment factory when she was nine years old. She first began organising colleagues when she was 14. In 2013, she was elected as BIGUF's general secretary.
  
  