Bangladesh and Gender
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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Search BRIDGE's database of gender-focused material
- The BLDS gender collection
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Search for the latest gender-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education
- S. Aikman; E. Unterhalter / Oxfam, 2005
- This book focuses on transforming policy and practice to promote equitable processes in education, in response to the need for equality, quality, and justice for all. It considers the significance of gender equality in education, and ...
- Political parties benefit from women's support without necessarily representing women, South Asia
- A. Basu / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005
- This paper explores the relationships between women and political parties, and those between political parties and social movements that organise women, focusing on South Asia. It includes case studies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lan...
- Dowry payment does not necessarily prevent abuse
- L. Suran; S. Amin; L. Huq; K. Chowdury / Population Council, USA, 2004
- This paper explores the association between dowry and the prevalence of domestic abuse to test the bequest theory of dowry. The authors find that, contrary to the prediction of the bequest theory, married females who paid dowry at mar...
- Gender mainstreaming: who benefits from organising community and household resources?
- G. Kelkar; D. Nathan / Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004
- This manual has been developed to support the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction projects in Asia. It focuses on identifying strategic gender initiatives to help enhance women’s agency in the household and commun...
- Documenting research and interventions to improve skilled care at birth around the world
- United Nations Population Fund, 2004
- This booklet, a companion to the Maternal Mortality Update 2004, documents research and interventions to improve skilled care at birth throughout the developing world. It includes an overview of efforts by UNFPA and its partners in po...
- Gender equality is key to food security
- International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- This brief discusses its research findings emphasising that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. A number of examples from case studies are used from Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Me...
- Understanding trafficking: new thinking from Bangladesh
- International Organization for Migration, 2004
- This paper discusses a new framework to conceptualise and understand trafficking in Bangladesh, developed by the Bangladesh Thematic Group on Trafficking. The framework uses a flow diagram to illustrate that human trafficking i...
- Gender parity rates in education must be accompanied with quality improvement
- M. Ahmed; R. Chowdhury / Global Campaign for Education, 2005
- This paper critically examines the concepts of gender parity, gender equality and gender equity as used in EFA discourse and practice. It looks at the experience of Bangladesh where parity has been achieved and the challenges that rem...
- How can partnerships increase opportunities for girls' education?
- N. Rao; I. Smyth / Oxfam, 2005
- This book presents an analysis of the achievements and challenges of partnerships for girls' education. It provides an account of the formation and development of the Global Campaign for Education, as well as detailed case studies fro...
- How do poverty, gender, and water issues intersect?
- P. Khosla; R. Pearl / Women's Environment and Development Organization, 2003
- This paper presents an overview of the relationship between gender, poverty and water. This includes men's and women's differential access to water and differential water uses, different experiences of health and sanitation, and how m...
- WBB Trust – Work for a better Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi research, policy analysis, and advocacy organisation focusing on health issues
