Bangladesh and Gender
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- BRIDGE
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- 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
- Accessing Finance and Women led ICT Enterprises : A Policy Agenda
- Development Research Network, 2006
- Access to finance is one of the most important ingredients of growth for SMEs. Such access is more difficult for women-owned SMEs in developing and least developing countries. It is further difficult for SMEs working in the areas of I...
- Changes in villagers’ knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes concerning gender roles and relations in Bangladesh
- Development in Practice, 2009
- This article examines the changing status of villagers’ knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes towards gender roles and gender relations over time. Data were collected from eastern areas of Bangladesh through surveys and in-depth ...
- Community perceptions of tuberculosis: A qualitative exploration from a gender perspective
- BRAC Education Programme, 2011
- The gender differences in the health and socio-economic impact of TB included perceived causality, curability, stigma, family and community support, fear of disclosure, and use of self-help or home remedies. Interactive health educati...
- Action research on the development of appropriate technology for mud crab (Scylla olivacea) culture through active participation of poor women in the impact zone of the Sundarban mangrove forest, Bangladesh
- Community Advancement And Research Initiatives, Bangladesh, 2012
- An action research on the development of appropriate technology for mud crab (Scylla olivacea) culture through active participation of six poor women was carried out in Mithakhali, Mongla, Bagerhat from August 2003 to July, 2004. Two ...
- A View Over Discrimination And Harassment Situation of Daily Unskilled Female Workers in Work Place in Bangladesh
- T Haque 2012
- This study finds that most of female unskilled labourers moved from village to town and had come from distressed family situations and were often discriminated /harassed by their employers and co-workers. The study conducted in Savar ...
- Secondary School Madrasas in Bangladesh: Incidence, Quality, and Implications for Reform
- M.N. Asadullah; N. Chaudhury; S.R. Al-Zayed Josh / World Bank, 2010
- This report presents findings from a comprehensive survey to determine the magnitude of madrasa institutions in Bangladesh and whether the quality of the education is on par with secular schools. Based on the outcome of the survey, th...
- Sparing lives: better reproductive health for poor women
- World Bank, 2009
- The report highlights that the region faces enormous challenges in addressing inequalities in reproductive health of poor women, and focuses on the risks they face. This phenomenon perpetuates an inter-generational cycle of poverty. N...
- Whispers to voices: gender and social transformation in Bangladesh
- World Bank, 2008
- Several recent reports have highlighted the dramatic improvements in education - especially girls’ secondary education - in fertility, mortality, immunization, water and sanitation, rural roads and micro-credit. This is despite l...
- A View Over Discrimination And Harassment Situation of Daily Unskilled Female Workers in Work Place in Bangladesh
- T. Haque 2003
- From the study it was found that most of the female unskilled laborers moved from village to town and had come from distressed family often discriminated /harassed by their employers and co-workers.
- Case studies: Bangladesh women's groups
- Action on Disability and Development, 2012
- In Bangladesh women do not have the same level of protection from human rights violations as men, for disabled women the situation is even worse and they continue to experience severe deprivation and sexual abuse. Although women are b...
- WBB Trust – Work for a better Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi research, policy analysis, and advocacy organisation focusing on health issues
