Bangladesh and Gender
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- Position of Women in Buddhism: Spiritual and Cultural Activities
- B Barua 2011
- The Buddha is a great benefactor of humanity. After the attainment of the Enlightenment in Bodhgaya and preaching First Sermon in Sarnath, the Buddha founded the order of Monks (Bhikkhusangha). This order of Monks increased and within...
- Patriarchy and Women’s Subordination: A Theoretical Analysis
- Abeda Sultana 2011
- Patriarchy is the prime obstacle to women’s advancement and development. Despite differences in levels of domination the broad principles remain the same, i.e. men are in control. The nature of this control may diffe...
- Mass Media Exposure and its Impact on Fertility: Current Scenario of Bangladesh
- A. Rabbi 2012
- On the way to reduce fertility rate of Bangladesh, mass media plays significant role to raise consciousness about the family planning program on general peoples. In this study the impact of mass media has been measured by the pattern ...
- Islamic View of Women Leadership as Head of the State: A Critical Analysis
- M Elius 2010
- There is no verse in the Quran which directly either permits the rule of women or prohibits it. The traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), mentioned in this article, against women as the head of the state are believed to be unreli...
- Does Workforce Participation Empower Women? Micro-Level Evidence from Urban Bangladesh
- M Hossain 2012
- Empirical studies on the impact of women’s paid jobs on their empowerment and welfare in Bangladesh are mostly confined to the garment workers. Besides, these studies seldom control for non-working women and/or apply any statisti...
- Unmet Need Of Family Planning Among Rural Women In Bangladesh
- S Ferdousi 2010
- The study revealed that unmet need was (22.4%). Most of the respondents (72.1%) were using contraceptive methods. Among those who used contraceptives, OCP was the most commonly used method (61.7%). About 28% were not using any method....
- Violence against Women with Chronic Maternal Disabilities in Rural Bangladesh
- R. Naved 2012
- This study explored violence against women with chronic maternal disabilities in rural Bangladesh. During November 2006–July 2008, in-depth interviews were conducted with 17 rural Bangladeshi women suffering from uterine prolapse...
- Gender Imbalance in Policy Making Level in Science and Ethical Issue
- S. Laskar 2011
- When the achievement of women leadership in Science and technology (S&T;) is heighten in developed nations in comparison to women in developing countries, it is unfortunate that women are invariably left below, rarely reaching dec...
- The “We Can” Campaign in South Asia, 2004-2011. External evaluation report
- M Raab / Oxfam, 2011
- This evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB to measure the impact of the We Can campaign, which ran from 2004-2010 in six countries across south Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The overall goal o...
- Gender: A key dimension linking agricultural programs to improved nutrition and health
- R Meinzen-Dick / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
- Empirical evidence shows that increasing women’s control over land, physical assets, and financial assets serves to raise agricultural productivity, improve child health and nutrition, and increase expenditures on education, as ...
- WBB Trust – Work for a better Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi research, policy analysis, and advocacy organisation focusing on health issues
