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  Educating girls in Bangladesh: watering a neighbour's tree?

  Oxfam, 2005

  An old Bengali saying observes: 'caring for a daughter is like watering a neighbour's tree'. It reflects a view that it is a waste of resources to invest in a daughter who will be 'lost' to another family through marriage. This argument has previously been used to justify girls' exclusion from school in Bangladesh.
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  Competition and microfinance interest rates

  Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2006

  This briefing note asks: "Does competition result in lower interest rates to microcredit customers?" The question is set against the fact that, despite the assumed logic that interest rates on microloans would fall with increased competition, in some countries where microfinance is considered competitive, interest rates have remained stubbornly high.
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  Do literacy programmes for indigenous people ignore gender?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Adult education programmes developed for or by indigenous communities rarely address gender inequalities. Programmes often aim to promote indigenous people’s rights, including bringing together communities who are actually differentiated along lines of gender, class and age. Despite their commitment to adjusting unequal power relations, course designers rarely mention gender.
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  Self-Perceived Health of Ultra Poor Women: The Effect of an Inclusive Development Intervention

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006

  This paper reports on the health component of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) project entitled ''Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction: Targeting the Ultra Poor'' (CFPR/TUP). The paper examines changes in the self-reported health status of these ultra poor women in northern Bangladesh over a period of one and half years.
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  Gender and Climate Hazards in Bangladesh

  Routledge, 2002

  Bangladesh has experienced a number of high-profile disasters, including cyclones and annual floods. Vulnerability to disasters in Bangladesh correlates strongly with poverty, and it is widely accepted that women make up a disproportionate share of poor people.
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  Women's Access to Markets: Vulnerabilities and Constraints

  2003

  Traditionally markets have been off-limits to women in Bengali society. In present day Bangladesh, culture-based gender bias compounded by poverty continues to hinder women's access to markets. In rural areas in particular, women who go to the market are viewed as ?bad? women.
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  We Were In Fire, Now We Are In Water: Micro-credit and Gender Relations in Rural Bangladesh

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004

  What is the impact of micro-credit institutions on gender relations in Bangladesh? What effect do micro-credit groups have on women's say in household decision making, and on women's labour and leisure time?
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  Millennium Development Goals: Bangladesh Progress Report (Extract on MDG3)

  United Nations Country Team in Bangladesh, 2005

  How far is Bangladesh from achieving the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3) on gender equality and women's empowerment? Female enrolment in primary school has increased steadily since 1992. However, a large disparity continues to exist both at the tertiary level of education and in terms of male and female literacy rates.
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  Building Solidarity against Patriarchy

  2004

  Challenging patriarchal beliefs and practices in Bangladesh is a difficult task. There are many cultural values which support patriarchy in Bangladesh, centring on ideas of honour (focusing in particular on the control of women's sexuality), purdah (restrictions on women's mobility), and shame.
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  Constructions of Masculinities and Violence against Women

  2001

  In Bangladesh sexual violence within marriage is often seen as a shameful but tolerated ill. Although anger about violence against women (VAW) is profound among many Bangladeshi women, numerous barriers prevent them from speaking out against gender-based violence.

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