Women Empowerment In Bangladesh Research Articles

Socio-Economic Impact of Entrepreneurship Activities for the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh

Socio-Economic Impact of Entrepreneurship Activities for the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh

Changing Pattern of Women Empowerment in Bangladesh: An Administrative Perspective

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.

Significance of quality higher education in the advancement of gender equality: the case of Bangladesh

PurposeThis research has been conducted to determine the core reasons for gender inequality and to evaluate the effectiveness of higher education as a sole solution to ensure gender equality.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative case study research explores the causes behind gender inequality, and interviews were conducted with 20 male and female graduates and five stakeholders. Liberal feminism theory has been employed to understand the phenomena.FindingsThe findings show that receiving a university degree cannot ensure gender equality and empowerment of women in Bangladesh. The key factors contributing to gender disparity are societal and a general deficiency of technical knowledge.Practical implicationsMore policies should support women in every aspect of life, and the existing policies should be carefully followed. The government must ensure high-quality education, and people must show more significant concern by acquiring knowledge from quality education seeking gender equality.Originality/valueThis research fills the gap in the current literature by providing knowledge about the practical effectiveness of quality higher education in solving the problem of gender inequality, its core reasons and possible solutions in Bangladesh's context.

Women Empowerment in Bangladesh NGOS

The main objective of this study is to investigate women empowerment in nongovernmental organizations’ profile in Bangladesh. It discusses the scope of the women empowerment concept of the four big nongovernmental organizations in Bangladesh such as Grameen Bank, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, Proshika and Association for Social Advancement. This paper is based on the literature and studies that highlight the women empowerment issue of these four NGOs. Results showed that two NGOs such as Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee and Proshika consider their women empowerment issue comparatively from a broader view that includes a number of programmes. On the other hand, the rest of the two nongovernmental organizations initiated the women empowerment activities comparatively from a narrower perspective. The overall findings indicate that the concept of women empowerment in all four nongovernmental organizations is concerned as a global concept where contextual perspective in of women empowerment is less considered. In this connection, this paper argues that due to the low level of focus on the contextual perspective, the contribution of nongovernmental organizations to the women empowerment in Bangladesh is not up to the mark in consideration to the duration they are working towards women empowerment. The findings of the paper would be an important guideline to the policy makers, managers of nongovernmental organizations and development practitioners. NU Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies Vol. 7 & 8, No.2 & 1, July 2021 - December 2022 p. 111-126

Economic Empowerment of Muslim Women in Bangladesh between Islamic Law and Reality

This research aims at focus economic empowerment of Bangladeshi women in the light of the rights recognized by Islamic law for them, and the duties imposed on them and what is the current reality in Bangladeshi society in this field. And a statement of the features of the economic empowerment of women in Islam, and its main obstacles, and the requirements necessary to activate it according to the Islamic vision. The research is divided into three main chapters: The first chapter: clarified the concept of empowering women in the economic field, its importance and role in the development of society and participation in building a developing country. The second chapter: I shed light on the status of Bangladeshi women in Bangladeshi society by presenting the laws approved by the common law in Bangladesh and the Islamic Sharia law. With highlighting the Islamic vision of the issue of economic empowerment of Muslim women. The third chapter: I present in it the most important obstacles to economic empowerment facing Muslim women in Bangladesh, including what is personal, societal, cultural, or economic, or obstacles related to the work environment, or obstacles related to husband and children, then I identify the most important factors affecting the process of economic empowerment of women in Bangladesh. And activate it by developing the concepts of equality and participation, and uprooting the impact of some negative societal suggestions. The aim of the study is Finally, the research records the most important results that it reached through its brief career. We ask Allah (SWT) to make this work purely for His sake and beneficial for it.

Women Empowerment through Mobile Phone: Case Study of Bangladesh

Telecommunication particularly Mobile technology is one of the most powerful tools worldwide. Mobile phones play a foremost part in development programs around the world. The diffusion of mobile phones performs a great role in development programs along with overall empowerment in developing countries. Telecommunication is most powerful to combat poverty and give the people a chance to change their fate, their economy, their society and to empower themselves to change the world, especially for women. Large sections of women in Bangladesh are living in rural areas. The majority of them are still tradition-bound and are in a disadvantageous position. Because of inequality in women's access to and participation in all communication systems and their lack of sufficient mobility to promote their contribution to society, women are deprived in every aspect of life. Mobility is a very important factor for women's empowerment. The Mobile phone revealed the opportunities and freedom for women to make their own choices,improve their social network, change their attitudes and change their life. The objective of the study is to identify the impacts of mobile phones on empowering women of Bangladesh. Some successful case studies of women empowerment in Bangladesh are also discussed in the study.

Sustainable Empowerment Initiatives among Rural Women through Microcredit Borrowings in Bangladesh

Microcredit is an effective instrument that has been recognized to alleviate poverty, especially in developing countries such as Bangladesh. This study seeks to use microcredit as an instrument to bridge the gap between the accessibility of microcredit among poor rural women and sustainable socio-economic development, providing novelty to the concept of “sustainability of empowerment”. In addition, this study employed poor rural women to estimate the empowerment performance of microcredit borrowers compared to non-borrowers in the same socio-economic environment as it relates to microcredit in rural Bangladesh. A regression analysis was used to accomplish these objectives. This study also used propensity score matching techniques to find an easy way to access microcredit. The empirical results not only involve participation in microcredit accessibility but also the particular qualitative attributes of women empowerment. The results also suggest that sustainability is accompanied by affluence among microcredit borrowers, as indicated by women empowerment. The outcome of the empirical analysis shows that there is a significant impact of microcredit on increasing participation in the overall decision-making process, in legal awareness, independent movements, and mobility, as well as enhancing living standards to encourage sustainable women empowerment. This study recommends future investigations for microcredit providers to explore how to build an integrated, holistic approach to women empowerment in Bangladesh.

Performance Evaluation and Impact of Grameen Bank on Social Development and Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. However, it is still a developing country which is trapped in the vicious cycle of poverty. Nobel Laureater Professor Mohammad Yunus introduced the concept of Grameen Bank which focuses on providing small loans to poor people especially women in the rural areas of Bangladesh. Due to the huge success of Grameen Bank more micro finance institutions are replicating this model and hence more poor people are relying on this kind of projects. Therefore, it is important to know how sustainable Grameen Bank is and its true impact on social development and women empowerment. We have tried to assess the performance of Grameen Bank through different variables such as number of members, total deposits, loan to deposit ratio, capital adequacy ratio, scholarship schemes, beggars’ loan, house loan, micro enterprise loan, net income etc. For evaluating the performance of Grameen Bank 26 different trend equations and square of correlation coefficients have been tested with its different types of activities. The square of the correlation coefficient has also been calculated for all trend equations, out of which 21 shows r square is closer or more than 0.5 meaning well fitted trend lines. With the positive trend equations in most of the aspects this study proves that Grameen Bank has a better scope to grow in the future which will support the social and economic status of rural poor, particularly women.

A Theoretical Study on the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh: Social, Legal, and Economical Perspective

Bangladesh is a developing country and most of the people of this country is a woman. The social and economic conditions of the women in here are not good and complex as well. They are struggling every moment to keep their position settle in the family and in the society by overcoming different embodiments and multilateral pressures. Equal participation of men and women in any uplift activities in the society is not facile here. Many operations taken by women are not considered as work in society. Now-a-days women are working in different sectors such as administrative sectors, judicial sectors, medical sectors and other sectors which are not safe for them but they can’t their proper respect and status. Moreover, they are often neglected, tortured and persecuted in their family and society. It is a devaluation and this devaluation hinders the rights of women. And that’s why women can’t stay parallel with men and can’t enjoy equal right to overcome gender disparity. But the better news is that recently women are raising their voice in favour of their rights. This article provides the importance of women empowerment, how the dignity of women can increase, what types of roles are fulfilled by the women as well as how they overcome the obstacles behind the development.

A Theoretical Study on the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh: Social, Legal, and Economical Perspective

A Theoretical Study on the Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh: Social, Legal, and Economical Perspective

Impact of Microcredit Programs on Women Empowerment in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study of Grameen Bank and BRAC

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of microcredit programs on women empowerment in Bangladesh, especially in rural areas, by making a comparative study of Grameen Bank and BRAC. In this study, both primary and secondary data were used. Primary data were collected by a household questionnaire survey inTangail district. Percentage analysis, cross-tabulation, and paired t-test had been used to analyze and interpret the data. Secondary data were retrieved from different books and magazines, internet and related journals, and project papers. The results showed that microcredit programs of Grameen Bank and BRAC have a significant impact on women empowerment in Tangail district, Bangladesh. The research was limited to Tangail region, and only two NGOs were taken into consideration while collecting primary data. The policymakers can utilize these research findings while making policies on women empowerment. This study will also encourage different other NGOs to broaden their microcredit programs as well as the women to take microcredit and change their fortune.

Empowering Women through Microcredit in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study

The present study was carried out to identify the determinants of microcredit accessibility by rural women households and its impact on rural women empowerment in Bangladesh. A face-to-face survey was conducted during 2018, interviewing 300 women households in two locations in Bangladesh. Descriptive statistics and econometric modeling were used to achieve the objectives. The results of the study showed that the higher annual income inversely related with the accessibility to the microcredit program, whereas family size (P < 0.05) was positive and significantly influenced the accessibility to the microcredit program. The empirical results indicate that borrowers of microcredit have greater control over their own savings. The regression outcome also exposes that microcredit has a positive and significant impact on enhancing participation in household decision making process and women’s legal awareness. The study suggested that microcredit providers in Bangladesh should be encouraged to review their program planning and redesign loan products by putting more emphasis on higher income group women.

Factors Influencing Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh

Women especially in developing countries are not empowered in most of fields of their life. They depend on their husband or father in a number of ways. No doubt, education and change of society's attitude towards women is best tool to empower women. Decision making power regarding household, economic, healthcare and women participation in political and social activities can also play positive role to promote awareness to empower women in society. Nowadays, the scenario is changing in Bangladesh and women getting more empower in decision making, earnings and health care. This paper aims to evaluate the factors influencing women’s empowerment in Bangladesh. This paper focuses on women empowerment through decision making power at household level, health care, political and social activities. This study reveals that majority of the married women can jointly make decision about their household and economic segment, health care, the participation in political and social activities with their husbands. This paper also shows that urban respondents are relatively more empowered than their rural counterparts and types of place of residence plays a significant role in the women empowerment in Bangladesh. The women who are currently working have more freedom to make decision over their personal, social and political life than the women who are not currently working. This paper recognizes that there is a strong relationship between decision making power and women empowerment.

Women empowerment in Bangladesh: A political scenario

The paper is an attempt to analyze the situation of females in Bangladesh and perspective of their empowerment in terms of political participation. Women empowerment and development is a multi dimensional approach. Inequalities between men and women; and discrimination against women have been a sensitive issue all over the world. The political participation of women has been recognized internationally as a significant measure of the status of the women in any country. In recent year's women's participation in politics and decision making has given important attention through the world. Women remain underrepresented in decision making process. Women in Bangladesh are living in quite an inferior life standard as compared to that of the women in India and other South Asian countries. The challenge and opportunities will be discussed in this paper A historic declaration was signed by 189 countries in Beijing in 1995, 24 years ago which sets the agenda for realizing women's rights and women empowerment. There have been many achievements in women empowerment perspective but still many serious gaps are remaining. This paper attempts to analyze the status of women empowerment in Bangladesh. In a patriarchal system the father or in his absence the next male kin is the head of the household by this system both economic control and decision making power are vested in hands of man. Women role in political participation is also depend on the decision of family whether they will participate in this field or not. The empowerment of women means the development of women as a very aware person who is politically aware, financially productive and capable of intelligent discussion in those cases which affect them.

Women’s Autonomy and Reproductive Healthcare-Seeking Behavior in Bangladesh: Further Analysis of the 2014 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey

Women’s autonomy or empowerment is an important issue to achieve targets for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Bangladesh. There are several indicators to measure the women empowerment. Health seeking information is one of the most important indicators in this view. This study aims at identifying women’s maternal and child health-care seeking in relation to women empowerment in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2014 data was used for the study. A total of 1875 women of reproductive age with complete information on the selected predictors were identified for this analysis by multistage stratified cluster sampling design. Multiple logistic regression and X2 statistic were used to study determinant factors. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Among 1875 women sampled, 87.7% and 88.5% were received antenatal care and postnatal care respectively. Out of women who resided in urban areas, 91.2% women got postnatal care and 93.7% women received antenatal care where as only 83.4% rural women’s get antenatal care and 86.6% women got postnatal care respectively. Division, type of residence, respondent’s education level, wealth index, decision maker for using contraception, partner's education level, respondent’s currently working status, beating justified if wife goes out without telling husband, neglects the children, argues with husband, refuses to have sex with husband, burns the food respectively, women’s body mass index and age of 1st birth were found to be statistically significant determinants of receiving antenatal care. Type of residence, wealth index, respondent’s currently working status, person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives, beating justified if wife argues with husband were found to be statistically significant determinants of receiving postnatal care. In summary, our analysis highlights concerning continuing healthcare-seeking challenges in Bangladesh. This study explores the factors associated with women’s autonomy and reproductive healthcare-seeking behavior in Bangladesh.

Exploring the Decision-Making Power of Bangladeshi Women of Reproductive Age: Results From a National Survey

Empowerment is personal, multi-dimensional and latent phenomenon that is difficult to measure directly. Bangladesh is a developing country in South Asia and women population of the country is almost equal to the male with the male dominant norms. It was aimed to look into the decision making authority and gender role of Bangladeshi women of reproductive age group. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2014 data was used for the study. A total of 17,863 women of reproductive age were included in this study. The mean age of the respondents was 31 years. About 23.5% respondents had no education and only 11.6% completed primary education. It was found that 68.5% respondents were working and about 73.6% respondents had no NGO (non-governmental organization) membership. Respondents from richest background were more likely to take their own decisions. Urban residence and with higher educational attainment were more likely to take their own decisions. Working status and membership to NGO are significantly associated with decision making power of women. The study revealed that women from urban area, with NGO membership and employed were more empowered. Poor attainment of primary education, low employment, and few NGO memberships are seemed to be the hindrance in women empowerment in Bangladesh. Keywords: Women empowerment, Decision-making, Health seeking behavior, BDHS, Bangladesh.

Economic Assessment of Microfinance in Women Empowerment in Bangladesh and Some Unsolved Judgments

This article provides a quantitative outcome evaluation of microfinance in women empowerment in Bangladesh. It first evaluated the economic assessment of microfinance which showed the positive outcome of the economic indicators. At the same time, it also underlines some persisting unresolved methodical issues as well as economic issues. This analysis reflects the economic significance along with limitations of the microfinance program in Bangladesh since its beginning in the 1980s, and it will make comfortable for the further critical analysis of the contribution of the microfinance in women empowerment in Bangladesh.

Influences of micro-credit programmes on women empowerment in Bangladesh

The focus of this study was to measure the impact of micro-credit programme on women empowerment in Bangladesh. Six leading NGOs/MFIs which operated micro-credit programmes were considered (namely ASA, BRAC, Grameen Bank, SSS, PROSHIKA and TMSS). A total of 406 credit-receivers were randomly selected from twenty-six villages in eight districts of Bangladesh viz., Dhaka, Mymensingh, Sherpur, Netrokona, Kishoregonj, Sylhet, Lalmonirhat, and Narsingdi. The study revealed that 68.5 percent of the respondents could change their empowerment situation. By the estimated change in empowerment it was realised that 15.8 percent of the respondents experienced positive change in their empowerment situation. The main factors affecting the change in women empowerment were membership of different micro-credit organizations, poverty change due to micro-credit and use of loaned money. In single level logistic regression model, the change in poverty situation due to micro-credit had positive association with the perceived change in women empowerment. On the other hand, in multinomial regression analysis the change in poverty situation due to micro-credit had a negative impact on the estimated change in empowerment situation. This contradiction dictates for further investigation into the issue possibly at different component levels of women empowerment. Finally, this research recommended that micro-credit organizations should increase the amount of loan to at least Tk. 15000 encouraging the clients to invest in less risky business with efficient follow up programme.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 14(1): 93-100, June 2016

Impact of Micro-Financing on Women Empowerment in Bangladesh

Micro financing is a very popular form of financing for rural poor people, especially for women. Through micro financing many rural women changed their life. They change their living standard, children health, children education and so on. The aim of this research work is to examine the role of microcredit in income generating activities of women and its impact on their socio-economic empowerment. The target population of the research was those sample both men and women who had availed microcredit facilities from some microcredit providing institutions or organizations in district Noakhali, Bangladesh. During this research, we also include some male sample to compare percentage of self-employment. Survey method was used as techniques of data collection. The majority of population was illiterate or semi-literate, so interview schedule was used as a tool of data collection. We have collected information of 109 sample including both male and female. But majority are female. Descriptive as well as non parametric test was used for data analysis. The results showed that most of the females who availed the facility of microcredit finally got socioeconomic empowerment through acquiring the self esteem, business skills, confidence level, decision making power, etc. The findings of the research showed that microcredit has significant impact on the up lift of socio-economic empowerment of the borrowers in district Noakhali and at the end of the research, some recommendations is given in this regards.

Higher Education in Women Empowerment in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study on Jahangirnagar and Dhaka University

This study is designed in order to deal with the impacts of presenteeism tendency on work-life balance. The work-life balance indicates the consistency between the time spent at work and in private life. Conflicts between these two dimensions have become a major problem for businesses as well as employees. Presenteeism refers to the circumstances in which employees keep on working in spite of the fact that they are unable to work owing to their own unhealthy situations. So, excessive workload and sense of responsibility of the employees, who feel as if they are required to be at work not mentally but physically, cause presenteeism and this tendency is described as a big problem in terms of the work-life balance for the organizations. Organizations, by taking control of work-life balance, contribute to not only employees’ health and performance but also organizational productivity and efficiency in general terms. For the purpose of the study, relationship between presenteeism and work-life balance is analyzed and impact of presenteeism is stated. The data have been collected from Aksaray province by using the survey technique and the data are analyzed via SPSS.