Changing Pattern of Women Empowerment in Bangladesh: An Administrative Perspective

Abstract

The pattern of women’s empowerment has many features over the years in post-colonial periods and after the inception of Bangladesh’s Independence in terms of administrative views. The study has been accomplished through qualitative methodology by analyzing reviewed journals (secondary sources). The study’s objectives are to discover the changing pattern of women’s empowerment through government initiatives in different periods in Bangladesh and to critically analyze the gaps in women’s empowerment to articulate the current positions of women in Bangladesh. The study’s findings have been organized by the government’s initiatives over the periods and the fundamental challenges and solutions of women’s empowerment in Bangladesh. The governments’ initiatives have been classified into three periods. Each period was organized by the significant initiatives of the government and the conditions of women’s empowerment at that time. Recognizing women’s empowerment used two primary determinants: adult literacy rate and participation in the making process of women, respectively. The study suggests that the concerned authority needs to update its administrative approaches to Change the Pattern of Women Empowerment in Bangladesh.