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Story, H. L., R. R. Love, R. Salim, A. J. Roberto, J. L. Krieger, and O. M. Ginsburg. "Improving Outcomes from Breast Cancer in a Low-Income Country: Lessons from Bangladesh." International Journal of Breast Cancer 2012 (2012): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/423562.
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Women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have yet to benefit from recent advances in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment now experienced in high-income countries. Their unique sociocultural and health system circumstances warrant a different approach to breast cancer management than that applied to women in high-income countries. Here, we present experience from the last five years working in rural Bangladesh. Case and consecutive series data, focus group and individual interviews, and clinical care experience provide the basis for this paper. These data illustrate a complex web of sociocultural, economic, and health system conditions which affect womens’ choices to seek and accept care and successful treatment. We conclude that health system, human rights, and governance issues underlie high mortality from this relatively rare disease in Bangladesh.
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Bishwajit, Ghose, Sanni Yaya, Shangfeng Tang, Akmal Hossain, Yang Fan, Mahmuda Akter, and Zhanchun Feng. "Association of Living Arrangement Conditions and Socioeconomic Differentials with Anemia Status among Women in Rural Bangladesh." BioMed Research International 2016 (2016): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4571686.
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In Bangladesh, iron deficiency is the most common cause of anemia and remains a significant public health concern. Being a high anemia prevalent country, numerous efforts have been made to confront the issue especially among women and children by both local and international actors. Though the situation has substantially improved in recent years, a staggering number of adult women are currently living with anemia. The etiology of anemia is a multifactorial problem and has been proposed to be associated with various household, societal, economic, cultural factors apart from dietary habits. However, evidence regarding the household arrangements and socioeconomic determinants of anemia is scarce, especially in the context of Bangladesh. To this end, we utilized the 2011 demographic and health survey data to explore the association between anemia status and selected demographic, socioeconomic, and household characteristics. Our result showed significant correlation of anemia with both sociodemographic and household characteristics. Among the sociodemographic variables the following were found to be significantly associated with anemia status: age (p=0.014; OR = 1.195; 95% CI = 1.036–1.378) and microcredit membership (p=0.014; OR = 1.19; 95% CI = 1.037–1.386). Regarding the household arrangements, women utilizing biomass fuel for cooking (p<0.019; OR = 1.82; 95% CI = 0.981–2.460) were more likely to be anemic.
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Dewi, Novita. "CHILD MARRIAGE IN SHORT STORIES FROM INDONESIA AND BANGLADESH: VICTOR, SURVIVOR, AND VICTIM." International Journal of Humanity Studies (IJHS) 2, no. 1 (September 17, 2018): 51–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24071/ijhs.v2i1.1511.
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Early marriage is a total destruction to the human rights of children. Contrary to the conviction that child marriage in rural, developing countries is inextricably linked with their cultural backwardness, violence against women need to be examined and addressed in terms of the specific socio-economic and cultural conditions as to why girls, adolescents and young women are forced to live and marry in their young age. This article examines two shorts stories from Indonesia to be analyzed comparatively with another story from Bangladesh to show the limit of mainstream feminist perspectives that often put the blame on minority cultures. The present study reveals that first, child marriages in both countries are largely driven by such factors as poverty, economic dependency, lack of education, and dowry in Bangladeshs case. Secondly, the ways in which authors depict child marriages vary, i.e. it is either perpetuating the violence in child marriage, or critically depicting child marriage as an aberrant patriarchal practice. Taken together, the child brides play their respective role as victor, survivor, or victim.DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/ijhs.2018.020106
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Ahmmed, Mortuza. "Impact of wealth inequality on child nutrition in Bangladesh." Paediatrica Indonesiana 53, no. 6 (December 30, 2013): 299. http://dx.doi.org/10.14238/pi53.6.2013.299-304.
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Background The prevalence of malnutrition in Bangladesh isamong the highest in the world. Millions of women and childrensuffer from one or more forms of main utrition, including low birthweight, wasting, stunting, underweight, vitamin A deficiency,iodine deficiency disorders, and anemia. Today malnutritionnot only affects individuals, but its effects are passed from onegeneration to the next as malnourished mothers give birth toinfants wh o struggle to develop and thrive.Objective To assess the economic impact on child nutrition inBangladesh.Methods The 2011 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey datawas used for this study. In this study, quintiles were calculatedbased on asset and wealth scores by use of principal componentanalysis. To understand the nutritional status and healthinequality, concentration index was also calculated.Results The negative concentration index showed a higher rateof malnutrition in the children less than five years of age from thepoorest class. Furthermore, the ratio of poorest to richest indicatedthat stunting and underweight conditions in rural children underfive years of age were almost two times higher than that of therichest children. This inequality in the health situation of childrenmay be explained in terms of income inequality. In Bangladesh,about 40% of the wealth is concentrated in 10% of the families.The results are discussed as possible input for public policy.Conclusion Bangladeshi children under the age of five yearsand in the poorest economic class are nearly twice as likely to beunderweight or stunted compared to children of similar age in therichest economic class
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Rahman, Khondokar M., David J. Edwards, Lynsey Melville, and Hatem El-Gohary. "Implementation of Bioenergy Systems towards Achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in Rural Bangladesh." Sustainability 11, no. 14 (July 11, 2019): 3814. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143814.
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This research presents a conceptual model to illustrate how people living in rural areas can harness bioenergy to create beneficial ‘community-driven’ income-generating activities. The research is contextualised within the rural developing areas of Bangladesh where people live in abject poverty and energy deficiency. The research methodology applied in this study aims to determine the basic requirements for implementing community-based anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and illustrate how an AD facility positively impacts upon the lives of rural communities directly after its installation. The survey results demonstrate that implementing a biogas plant can save 1 h and 43 min of worktime per day for a rural family where women are generally expected to for cook (by the long-term tradition). In addition to the positive impacts on health and climate change through adoption of clean energy generation, this time saving could be utilised to improve women′s and children’s education. The research concludes that, by providing easy access to clean bioenergy, AD can change people’s quality of life, yielding major social, economic and environmental transformations; key benefits include: extending the working day; empowering women; reducing indoor air pollution; and improving people’s health and welfare. Each of these tangible benefits can positively contribute towards achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This work demonstrates the potential to increase the implementation of AD systems in other developing world countries that have similar geographic and socioeconomic conditions.
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Hossen, Md Akter, Md Arif Uddin Khan, Zakia Sharmin, and Tania Jannatul Kubra. "Internal Migration and the Condition of Female Construction Workers: A Study in Chittagong City." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 46 (January 2015): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.46.1.
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Women workers are found in certain activities traditionally falling within the male domain. This is particularly the case for landless women who largely belong to the hardcore poor group. It indicates growing economic pressure and erosion of familial support and traditional beliefs and norms regarding women's outside work. With the Bangladesh economy’s heavy dependence on imports Chittagong has traditionally played a very important role in the trading sectors and industrial centre of the country and also commercial capital of Bangladesh which is going through a massive phase of construction of new structures. The study employed triangulation method as a research strategy. The objective of the study is to know the reasons of internal migrations and conditions of female construction workers of Chittagong city. A good number of rural women are involved at urban construction work in Chittagong city where they faces different harmful condition like as long working hour, less salary, lack of women rights, sexual harassment, food expenditure, low health condition, hard working etc. From this rational discussion this papers examine internal migration and the condition of migrant female construction works in Chittagong city.
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Yasmin, Sarah, and Yukio Ikemoto. "Profile of Women Dairy Farmers in Two Villages of Mymensingh District." Asian Social Science 16, no. 7 (June 29, 2020): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ass.v16n7p118.
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Dairy farming assumes most important role in providing income generating opportunities particularly for rural women in Bangladesh. To access the socio-economic status of dairy farmers, this study was carried out in selected areas of Mymensingh district. Total sample size was 50 and sample data were obtained from V1 (modern dairy farming), V1 (traditional dairy farming) and V2 (traditional dairy farming) through direct interviews using questionnaires. Simple statistical methods such as frequency, percentage and mean were used to analyze the sample data. V1 (M) women use modern technology of dairy farming and V2 (T) is traditional village. Financial conditions of selected farmers were investigated in study areas. It was found that households in V1 (M) had more household income and well status than others and that V1 (M) woman were more educated and older with longer experience in dairy farming. Relatively wealthy households and educated/experienced women tend to adopt modern dairy farming.
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Md, Ashrafuzzaman, Carla Gomes, João Miguel Dias, and Artemi Cerdà. "Exploring Gender and Climate Change Nexus, and Empowering Women in the South Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh for Adaptation and Mitigation." Climate 10, no. 11 (November 7, 2022): 172. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli10110172.
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This study has been conducted to identify vulnerabilities and effects of climate change on women in 12 unions in Shyamnagar upazila in the Satkhira district in the Southwestern Coastal Region of Bangladesh (SWCRB). Climate vulnerability and gender inequality may increase due to climate change. Women may, thus, face specific conditions of vulnerability in society and daily livelihood. This paper focuses on investigating factors that influence women’s vulnerability from climate change, their adaptations, and the importance of women empowerment to reduce their inequality in SWCRB. This study also emphasizes gender inequality caused by climate change, and looks at accommodations for women to reduce hostile influences of climate change. From the 9 unions in SWCRB, a total of 320 household respondents were randomly selected to complete a questionnaire. The results of the statistical analysis showed that most of the survey’s perimeter has significant. Interviews, case studies, focus group discussions, workshops, and key informant interviews were also conducted from 12 unions, and it was found that climate change impacts men and women differently, with women being more vulnerable than men. Through case study this paper investigated the main factors influencing the vulnerability of women. In terms of empowerment women may also be well positioned to lead adaptation efforts alongside men, as this analysis represent that gender inequalities are leading by social norms. Women being more vulnerable both in short-term i.e., major natural disasters, cyclones, flood, and long-term i.e., sea level rise, salinity intrusion in water and soil, land erosion, droughts, climatic events, as they enhance gender inequalities. Further, gender inequality is seen in illiteracy, food shortages and poor health conditions, traditional norms, religious taboos, and patriarchy. Moreover, gender-based economic opportunities, women’s mobility, and income are changing, while household authority relations and gender-based socio-economic, cultural, and institutional constraints remain. This study examines the increased vulnerability of women in SWCRB to climate change, which can be mitigated through women empowerment; female involvement with environmentally friendly stoves, rural electrification and renewable energy development, microfinancing, and nakshikantha. (Nakshikantha is a special type of sewing art that is made by creating designs with different types of colored threads on plain stitches). Lastly, women may also lead adaptation efforts alongside men, make decisions, and promote their participation.
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Rahman, Mohammad Arifur, and Md Munsur Rahman. "Impact of livelihood practices on the char dwellers economic condition in riverine chars: Case studies in Bangladesh." Journal of the Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers 1, no. 1 (January 13, 2011): 15–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbayr.v1i1.6838.
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The present study tries to identify the livelihood practices of the char dwellers. It also focus to assess their economic condition in relation to livelihood practices. The research has been conducted through interdisciplinary approach. Different socio technical tools are used to analyze the problem. Local people’s participation in the research process has ensured by using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) tools. The total population is 969 among them 478 are male and 481 are female and about 215 households live in the Char Konabari of which about 60 percent people are engaged in handloom activities as labor as their main source of livelihood. Agriculture is the second highest and about 20 percent people are engaged in such practice; about four percent people are engaged in small business (broker, small retailer) and rests others are engaged in day labor activities and others like van driver etc. The total numbers of employed people of Char Konabari is 267. Out of them only 54 people engaged with farming activities and others are involved with non-farming activities. One-fourth of the total employed person earned the two-third of the total yearly income of the village and remaining four-fifth employed person earned only one-third of the total yearly income. On the other hand about 586 households live in Dakhin Boro-char of which about 60% and 30% people are agricultural farmer and fishermen. On-farm activities are dominant in Dakhin Boro-char. Most of the farmers have their own land as well as they also cultivate khas (public) land. The rest of the people are engaged in day labor activities, petty business and others (boatsmen). Cultivated land, Domestic animal, grazing land and wet land are the major natural resources of Dakhin Boro-char. The total numbers of employed people of Dakhin Boro-char are 598 and most of them are engaged in agricultural and fisheries activities. The per capita income of the Char Konabari and Dakhin Boro-char is about US$0.54 and US$0.87 respectively. Although women are involved in livestock rearing, their contribution did not recognized socially and economically. Keywords: Livelihood; Resource; Char dwellers; Char Stability; Interdisciplinary.DOI: 10.3329/jbayr.v1i1.6838Journal of Bangladesh Association of Young Researchers Vol.1(1) 2011 pp.15-30
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Ahmad, SK Akhtar, MH Faruquee, Rabeya Yasmin, Sarmin Sultana, and Shahanaz Chowdhury. "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Among the Users of Improved Cooking Stove and Traditional Cooking Stove." Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin 46, no. 3 (March 3, 2021): 211–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v46i3.52257.
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Background: Use of Improved Cooking Stove (ICS) is increasing in Bangladesh. It is expected that the use of ICS will decrease the occurrence of respiratory diseases, which remains to be explored. Objective:The current study was an attempt to find out the occurrence of respiratory illnesses, particularly the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among the ICS users and comparing such illness among Traditional Cooking Stove (TCS) users. Methods: This was a cross-sectional comparative study carried out among the women who were using ICS and TCS for cooking purposes. Women aged 35 years and above and cooking for more than 3 years were the study population. A total of 674 respondents were selected from a selected rural area, of which 232 were ICS users and 442 were TCS users. The study participants of both groups were age-matched (±2 years). Questionnaire on respiratory illness, COPD Population Screener (CPS) and COPD Assessment Test (CAT) questionnaires were used to collect necessary data from the respondents. Results: The average age of the respondents was 43.96±7.632 years. Significantly (p=.000) a higher proportion of the TCS users had no formal education (46.4%). None of the respondents had smoking habits, but 16.8% of them had the habits of chewing tobacco. Overall, 85.5% of the respondents used biomass fuel. The average cooking year of the respondents was 26.9±8.59 and the daily average cooking duration was 3.09 hours. Among the TCS users, COPD (23.6%) and other respiratory illnesses (49.5%) were significantly (p=.001 and p=0.014 respectively) higher than those of the ICS users. Logistic regression analysis revealed that biomass fuel had the strongest ability (3.8 times) to predict COPD followed by the ability (1.8 times) of TCS use. Conclusion: The study revealed that TCS users significantly suffered more from COPD than that of ICS users. Respondents having poor socio-economic conditions, a lower proportion of them were found to use ICS; not affordable was a reason. Along with TCS use, biomass fuel should also be discouraged. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2020; 46(3): 211-218
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Hamiduzzaman, Mohammad, Anita de Bellis, Wendy Abigail, and Evdokia Kalaitzidis. "Elderly Women in Rural Bangladesh." South Asia Research 38, no. 2 (April 30, 2018): 113–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0262728018767018.
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In Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries, a significant proportion of its most deprived citizens are elderly women living in rural areas, where healthcare access remains difficult. This article argues that as citizens, such elderly women, too, should have a constitutional right to healthcare access. Meeting this constitutional and human rights challenge is a joint obligation for the government and healthcare professionals. Yet, socio-economic discrimination and several cultural factors at individual, societal and institutional levels are known to limit access to healthcare services for elderly rural women in Bangladesh, who represent a highly vulnerable population group in Bangladesh regarding healthcare and healthcare access. This article first examines demographic ageing trends and then highlights key issues concerning the necessity of securing better healthcare for rural elderly women (REW) in Bangladesh.
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Khondker, Habibul Haque. "Women and Floods in Bangladesh." International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters 14, no. 3 (November 1996): 281–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/028072709601400302.
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This paper examines the consequences of a flood disaster on rural women in northern Bangladesh. Based on fieldwork. it is argued that floods affect rural women more adversely than rural men. Floods destroy the household resources undermining the economic well-being of rural women. Researchers and authorities in charge of rehabilitation have not paid enough attention to the uneven impact of flood disasters on gender groups. Women are rarely involved in the decision-making process regarding disaster response. The lack of participation of women in particular and the local community in general in the planning and execution of counterdisaster plans insure that such issues are not noticed. Bureaucratic disaster respondents to he short term in its scope and fails to link disaster response and rehabilitation with development activities. Various nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating in the rural Bangladesh seem to have closer ties with the local community and a better understanding of the linkage between rehabilitation and development. However, because of the limited scope of their operations and constraints of resources, the influence of these NGOs are not sustainable. The rural women cope on their own. The status quo ante is achieved, a continuation of impoverished existence which makes them vulnerable to the next flooding or other such disasters. Successful counterdisaster strategies need to take gender dimension into account and link crisis response and rehabilitation strategies to development initiatives. This would entail participation of women in counterdisaster plans and assuring the economic well-being of rural women.
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Rahman, Atiqur. "ICT Impact on Socio-economic Conditions of Rural Bangladesh." Journal of World Economic Research 2, no. 1 (2013): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.jwer.20130201.11.
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Rahman, Sayeedur. "Women, English and Empowerment: Voices from Rural Bangladesh." Script Journal: Journal of Linguistic and English Teaching 2, no. 2 (October 8, 2017): 191. http://dx.doi.org/10.24903/sj.v2i2.116.
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English has been an integral part of Bangladesh education system since her independence in 1971. The process of globalization has transformed the lives of million in the developing world like Bangladesh. The rise of globalization has also meant a growing awareness of the use of English and its possible impact on the lives of people. However, there has not been adequate research conducted which could find a direct link between English and empowerment. The role of English and its impact on the socio-economic growth of individuals didn’t get much attention. Moreover, there has been inadequate attention to understanding of the relationship between English and its role on women’s empowerment in rural community. With this background this study is an attempt to contribute to our understanding of the socio-economic orientation of women by analyzing the impact of English in Bangladesh through a qualitative approach. It provides a useful understanding of the need for English language in specific areas of work. Based on such needs, it will attempt to provide insights for the planning of sustainable intervention strategies for the development of English language skills for women in Bangladesh.
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Hyder, Zebun Nesa. "Economic Empowerment of Women through Microfinance Programs in Rural Bangladesh." Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management 7, no. 11 (November 25, 2020): 400–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.36347/sjebm.2020.v07i11.004.
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Hyder, Zebun Nesa. "Economic Empowerment of Women through Microfinance Programs in Rural Bangladesh." Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management 7, no. 11 (November 25, 2020): 400–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.36347/sjebm.2020.v07i11.004.
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Rashid, Sarawat, and Maupiya Abedin. "The Role of Women in Rural Development in Bangladesh." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 9, no. 10 (October 28, 2022): 410–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.910.13314.
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Bangladesh has significantly maintained its robust economic growth performance. According to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2022 Bangladesh is the most gender-equal country among South Asian nations. Bangladesh ranked 71st out of 146 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 with a score of 0.714. According to further information in the same report, Bangladesh has already reduced the gender gap by 72% from 2008 to 2020. Obviously the rural women have the contribution towards the development. This article is narrative reviewed by the author’s experience, existing theories, and models. Here the authors provide the information based on the reviewing concern book, scientific journal, national and international newspaper cutting as well as the concern websites. Results are based on qualitative rather than quantitative level. The paper based on the contribution of women in rural development that could be divided into the following three major categories- a) the role of women in agriculture; b) Food security; and c) The role of women in rural poverty alleviation. The paper reviled spontaneous participation of women in all developmental activities of the country is contributing to agricultural progress, food security, and assurance and poverty reduction, which is directly contributing to achieving Sustainable Development Goal one (Poverty Alleviation) and two (Hunger Free).
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Alam, Nurul, and Barkat-e-Khuda. "Demographic events and economic conditions of rural households in Bangladesh." Asian Population Studies 10, no. 3 (February 24, 2014): 304–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2014.890162.
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Hyder, SM Ziauddin, Lars-Åke Persson, AMR Chowdhury, and Eva-Charlotte Ekström. "Anaemia among non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh." Public Health Nutrition 4, no. 1 (February 2001): 79–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/phn200055.
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AbstractObjective:To estimate the prevalence and severity of anaemia among non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh and describe its social distribution.Design:A cross-sectional study conducted in February–March 1996. Haemoglobin concentration was measured on a capillary blood sample by cyanmethaemoglobin method. The World Health Organization (WHO) classification was used to define anaemia.Setting:Twelve randomly selected villages in Fulbaria thana of Mymensingh district, about 110 km northwest of Dhaka city in Bangladesh.Subjects:A systematically selected sample of 179 non-pregnant apparently healthy women aged 15–45 years.Results:Anaemia was highly prevalent (73%; 95%CI 67–79%). Most of the women had mild (52%) or moderate (20%) anaemia, but a few of them suffered from severe anaemia (1%). Ascaris was common (39%) while hookworm was not (1%). The anaemia prevalence had no statistically significant association with age, parity or Ascaris infestation (P>0.05). Women with less than 1 year of schooling, who were landless or who reported having an economic deficit in the household had significantly higher prevalence of anaemia (P<0.05). There was a significantly increasing trend in anaemia prevalence with decreasing socioeconomic situation (SES). However anaemia was common in all social strata.Conclusions:Although the overall anaemia prevalence among non-pregnant rural women is high, only a few women suffer from severe anaemia. Women of all SES groups irrespective of their age and parity are affected by anaemia.
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Sultana, Israth, Mohammad Emdad Hossain, and Mohammad Nazmul Hoq. "Factors Affecting on Early Marriage of Women in Rural Areas, Bangladesh." Asian Journal of Humanity, Art and Literature 4, no. 1 (June 30, 2017): 17–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/ajhal.v4i1.315.
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Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world where population growth rate is 1.6 percent (Wikipedia). Early marriage is one of the important factors of population growth. This paper uses data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011 to examine different socio-economic and demographic factors that are correlated to age at first marriage of women in the rural area. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes have been used to estimate the factors effect on age at first marriage. The results show that respondent’s education, husband’s education, husband’s occupation, religion, region and socio-economic status have a significant effect on age at first marriage of women in the rural area by both Cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyzes. Moreover, access to mass media has found a significant association with age at first marriage in the rural area by Cross-tabulation analysis.
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Majumder, Sacchidanand, and Soma Dey. "Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Women Participation in Labor Force in Rural Bangladesh." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Science 46, no. 1 (June 22, 2021): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jasbs.v46i1.54233.
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This attempt was made to investigate the socio-economic and demographic factors that influence women participation in labor force in rural Bangladesh using BDHS 2014 data. A total of 11,695 married women aged 15 - 49 in rural areas are selected for analysis. A logistic regression analysis is applied for determining the factors. The result shows that 32.2% rural women are currently employed and the remaining 67.8% are unemployed. The logistic model shows that women’s age has a strong positive association with their participation in labor force. Participation of widowed and divorced/separated women in labor force is much higher as compared to married women. Enhanced education level of women and their husband has decreased women participation in labor force, but it gradually increased with increased education level of household head. Husband’s occupation is a strong determinant of women participation in labor force. Women from middle income households are less interested to participate in labor force as compared to poor women. The result also reveals that with increased household size and number of children under age five, women participation in labor force is decreased. Again, with increased land and livestock ownership of household and NGO membership, women participation in labor force is highly increased.
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Akhter, Jesmin, and Kun Cheng. "Sustainable Empowerment Initiatives among Rural Women through Microcredit Borrowings in Bangladesh." Sustainability 12, no. 6 (March 14, 2020): 2275. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062275.
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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.
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Kabir, Radović Marković, and Radulović. "The Determinants of Income of Rural Women in Bangladesh." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (October 21, 2019): 5842. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205842.
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This study was carried out to identify the factor which influences rural women’s income after participation in small-scale agricultural farming, their contribution to the household, as well as their empowerment status. This research was conducted in Jinaigati upazila of Sherpur district in Bangladesh. A total of 80 respondents (women) from this upazilla of Sherpur were selected purposively using simple random sampling. The quantitative data were collected by in depth interviewing of the 80 respondents through personal interview. The quantitative analytical tools used to attain specific objectives included various descriptive statistics, functional analysis, multiple regression co-efficient, used to identify the factors of influencing women’s income through small-scale agricultural farming. Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) used through different problems identified scores. In accordance with the results of the educational level of woman, other sources of income, experience and training, access to credit, decision-making ability have a positive influence on rural women’s income, and these variables were statistically significant. From the Problem Confrontation Index, it was found that lack of capital was the first ranked problem, need-based training the second ranked problem, high interest rate the third ranked problem, insufficient farm size the fourth ranked problem, and lack of quality of seed the fifth ranked problem. Their income from this brought remarkable positive change in their life and they had better control over their decisions and income. Finally, their active economical participation in small-scale farming assists them to overcome prejudice, socio-economic barriers, and highest empowerment attainment in the context of Bangladesh—and, if the government takes proper initiative in terms of gender policy, then rural women’s income and livelihood status will be increased remarkably.
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Islam, Faisal Bin, and Madhuri Sharma. "Gendered Dimensions of Unpaid Activities: An Empirical Insight into Rural Bangladesh Households." Sustainability 13, no. 12 (June 11, 2021): 6670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13126670.
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Women in Bangladesh are generally perceived as caregivers, often confined within the households to perform various activities, whereas men are perceived as the providers. These complex gendered roles intersect with multiple factors such as household structure, marital status, religion, cultural beliefs, economic shocks, and livelihood opportunities. This study used the feminist political ecology framework to contextualize and analyze time allocated toward unpaid works, culturally accepted as female/gendered activities, and the nuanced power dynamics between men and women within the rural households of Bangladesh. We used the household survey data collected from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey of 2015 to create a multiple linear regression model that helps understand the impacts of economic, cultural, and environmental shocks on the total time allocated toward unpaid activities by women within the household. Results suggest women who experienced climate-change shocks such as crop losses due to disasters and non-climatic shocks such as dowry tend to allocate more time toward unpaid tasks. In contrast, women who own their businesses tend to give less time toward unpaid tasks. This study provides guidelines for necessary gender-sensitive national policies to address the United Nation’s goal of gender equity and sustainable development.
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Hyder, SM Ziauddin, Lars-Åke Persson, Mushtaque Chowdhury, Bo Lönnerdal, and Eva-Charlotte Ekström. "Anaemia and iron deficiency during pregnancy in rural Bangladesh." Public Health Nutrition 7, no. 8 (December 2004): 1065–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/phn2004645.
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AbstractObjective:To study the prevalence of anaemia and its association with measures of iron deficiency (ID) among a group of pregnant women.Design:Cross-sectional survey.Setting:Pregnant women identified through house-to-house visits and participating in community-based antenatal care activities in a rural location of Mymensingh, Bangladesh.Subjects:The estimates are based on 214 reportedly healthy pregnant women in their second trimester. Information on socio-economic status and reproductive history were obtained through home visits and venous blood samples were collected at antenatal care centres. Haemoglobin concentration (Hb) was measured by HemoCue, serum ferritin (sFt) by radioimmunoassay and serum transferrin receptor (sTfR) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods. ID was defined as presence of either low sFt (<12 μg l−1) or high sTfR (>8.5 mg l−1).Results:The prevalence of anaemia (Hb <110 g l−1) was 50%, but severe anaemia (Hb >70 g l−1) was absent. Low sFt was observed in 42%, high sTfR in 25%, either low sFt or high TfR in 54% and both low sFt and high TfR in 13% of the pregnant women. Two out of three anaemic women had an indication of ID, which was present in 80% of women with moderate (Hb 70–99 g l−1) and 50% with mild (Hb 100–109 g l−1) anaemia. Four out of 10 non-anaemic women (Hb >110 g l−1) also had ID, but the prevalence was significantly lower than that observed in anaemic women (P=0.001).Conclusions:Despite the high prevalence of anaemia, severe cases were absent. The prevalence of ID increased at lower Hb. However, an increased prevalence was also found among women in the highest category of Hb.
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Habib, Sumaiya. "Impact of Kin on Women’s Fertility in Bangladesh." Social Science Review 38, no. 1 (January 28, 2022): 53–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ssr.v38i1.56524.
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The society of Bangladesh is kin oriented. The patriarchal relations along with the bondage with matrilineal kith and kin influences its overall socio-economic life of the people of Bangladesh. Specially, the rural societies of the country exhibit it is psychological and emotional attachment with the patrilineal families. However, women of rural Bangladesh combine their membership with a dual identity and make a wise use of it. Thus, families and kin relations have impact on the life and living of the individuals. In the context of Bangladesh, the reproductive behaviour of the woman has been shaped according to her social positioning, post marital residence, decision making status and wealth. This research contributed to understand the reasoning of the reproductive behaviour of the rural women and discussed on the influence of kin in determining age of fertility, gap between children and survival of the child. The research argues that the influence of close kins in women’s fertility and childcare is inevitable in Bangladesh. Thus, women’s maternal health security is much shaped through her relationships, which are often placed secretly. In depth interviews among 45 the married women of rural society have been conducted to explore their experiences with kin relations regarding reproductive decisions and persuasion. Social Science Review, Vol. 38(1), June 2021 Page 53-68
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Khan, Nashid Tabassum, Asma Begum, Tayyaba Musarrat Jaha Chowdhury, Bishwajit Kumar Das, Farhana Shahid, Saizuddin Kabir, and Meherunnessa Begum. "Violence against Women in Bangladesh." Delta Medical College Journal 5, no. 1 (February 4, 2017): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/dmcj.v5i1.31432.
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Background: Violence against women has many forms including physical aggression or threats, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, controlling or domineering, intimidation, stalking, passive/covert abuse, and economic deprivations. Alcohol consumption and mental illness can be co-morbid with abuse and present additional challenges when present alongside patterns of abuse.Objective: The objective of this study was to find out the status of victims of Violence against Women along with the causes and consequences of this heinous crime.Materials and method: A retrospective cross sectional study was done in Dhaka Medical College on the victims who underwent treatment at One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) and burn unit. The victims were interviewed and the data received were later on analyzed by computer and organized in tables. Total cases of Violence against Women were 1143 during the study period. Due permission was taken from the authority.Results: Among the victims about 63% belonged to 16 to 30 years of age group. Most of the victims (56%) were from low socioeconomic conditions, 60% of them were housewife and most of the victims (71%) were married. Dowry cases and familial conflict (33% and 32% respectively) were the main background behind Violence against Women.Conclusion: At community level, improvement of economic status of women as well as women empowerment is essential. Mass awareness about Violence against Women through mass media is needed to be diffused.Delta Med Col J. Jan 2017 5(1): 25-29
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Pal, Dharam, and Gian Singh. "Socio-economic conditions of women labour households in rural Punjab." Indian Journal of Economics and Development 10, no. 1 (2014): 10. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/j.2322-0430.10.1.002.
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Alam, F., B. U. Khan, M. Shakil, and MS Laskar. "Factors Influencing Domestic Violence Against Married Women in Bangladesh : Evidence From Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey." Journal of Medical Science & Research 20, Number 1 (January 2013): 40–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2013.v2001.07.
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Violence against women is a common and menacing phenomenon in Bangladesh-and domestic violence is the most common form which includes pushing, shaking or throwing of any objects, slapping, punching with fist or something harmful, kicking or dragging, trying of choke or burn, threatening with knife/gun or other weapon, twisting arm or pulling hair. In the study mean age of the respondents were 30.66 (±8.904) and 62.5% respondents lived in Rural areas where higher prevalence of abuse has been observed. The reasons mentioned through out the country for abuse were inconsequential and included failure to perform household work and care of children, economic problems, food crisis, refusal to bring dowry, disobeying husband/elder, unemployment status of husband, suspected case of infidelity etc. Factors influencing domestic violence were lack of education both in respondents or their spouse, lack of exposure to magazine or source of information, current married, large number of children ever born etc. The majority of abused women remained silent about their experience because of the high acceptance of violence within society, only a few shared the matter with neighbor, father/mother or other relatives. A very small proportion of women approached institutional sources for help. Interestingly, violence increased with membership of women in any non government organization or mother club or relating to any income generating process. It is furthermore disgraceful to find that the women with lower body mass index are the higher group of population who are the high-flying victims of violence. In rural or urban Bangladesh, women's physical, mental, social and economic circumstances may influence their risk of domestic violence in multifaceted and paradoxical ways. Therefore findings suggest discussing policy propositions to overcome current realities.
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T, Khatun, Sarker M.A, and Rahman M.H. "Role of Participatory Videos in Economic Empowerment of Rural Women: A Case Study from Bangladesh." Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 8, no. 1 (August 22, 2018): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.1005/2018.8.1/1005.1.1.15.
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The present study was intended to assess function of participatory videos in improving economic empowerment of the rural women. Pragmatic information for the study was composed from 65 randomly selected rural women from the study villages using structured interview schedule. The result of the study showed that over half (56.9 percent) of the respondents had medium income improvement due to participation of IGAs like preparation of vermi-compost, preparation of botanical pesticide, home gardening, safe food processing and filming (recording of local events) as introduced by participatory video programs. The result of the study also illustrated that the top mass (70.76 percent) of the respondent women had participation in homestead gardening after joining with video programme while it was less than half (47.69 percent) before joining to video programme. Findings also showed that the half (61.6 percent) of the women had medium to soaring participation in family decision making method. Additionally the study discovered so as to out of the seven selected socio-economic characteristics of the women except age all the variables have significant positive relationship with their economic empowerment.
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Hasnat Milton, Abul, Wayne Smith, Bayzidur Rahman, Bashir Ahmed, S. M. Shahidullah, Zakir Hossain, Ziaul Hasan, and Sabrina Sharmin. "Prevalence and Determinants of Malnutrition Among Reproductive Aged Women of Rural Bangladesh." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 22, no. 1 (December 23, 2009): 110–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539509350913.
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Malnutrition among the rural Bangladeshi women of reproductive age is still very high. This high prevalence attributes to a range of adverse health consequences on the women and their offspring. A total of 2341 women aged between 20 and 45 years residing in the study area were interviewed in this cross-sectional study. Information on socioeconomic variables, nutritional status, and pregnancy-related history was obtained using interviewer administered questionnaire. A total of 34% of the reproductive aged rural women suffer from malnutrition. A multivariate analysis shows association between malnutrition and monthly household income, history of taking oral contraceptive, current pregnancy status, and history of breastfeeding. The final regression model shows a statistically significant decreasing trend in malnutrition status with increasing income ( P for trend <.001). The economic and health consequences of malnutrition in this group of women are enormous. National nutritional program should target this women group for any intervention with a special priority.
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Noor, Shamim, and Morshadul Hoque. "ACCESS TO MOBILE PHONES AND WOMEN'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH: UNDERSTANDING GENDER RELATION TRANSFORMATION." Indonesian Journal of Social Research (IJSR) 3, no. 1 (April 3, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.30997/ijsr.v2i3.105.
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The discussion about women's access to and use of ICTs in developing countries has been an unsettled issue. Some schools of thought claim that due to engagement with household chores, traditional social norms, and values, women are less interested in ICTs, while others argue that like other social products, technology is not gender-neutral. However, this research conducted an empirical study on the self-employed women in rural areas of the Chittagong District of Bangladesh. A mixed-method was applied to analyze the collected data. The study tries to explore the impact of mobile phones and mobile internet on rural women’s income generation activities; and how gender relation at the household level has been transforming due to access to mobile phones. The findings reveal that having access to mobile phones, rural self-employed women are performing better than women who have no access to mobile phones and mobile internet. From both social and economic perspectives, the uses of mobile phones assist rural women to take part in decision-making, awareness build-up, increase movement, and control over income. However, strong patriarchal norms and traditional cultural constraints sometimes create barriers in access to mobile phones for rural women. Notwithstanding, the study depicts that ensuring gender-sensitive ICT policy and social awareness activities might lessen the barriers of women’s access to mobile phones and the internet in the periphery areas. However, this research puts these issues to an empirical test.
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Rattanawiboonsom, Vichayanan, and Muhammad Mahboob Ali. "Factors affecting entrepreneurial management in Bangladesh: an empirical analysis." Problems and Perspectives in Management 14, no. 3 (November 10, 2016): 677–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(3-3).2016.11.
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Economic growth is considered as an important objective for national governments for which entrepreneurial management is required. This paper introduces issue on the business creation by women and the factors which are instrumental in their success including economics, institutions and infrastructural factors have been taken as major factors. The study used both primary and secondary sources. The study used hypotheses testing considering four factors of entrepreneurial facilities such as male and female entrepreneurs, infrastructural and institutional requirements, and economic factor whether helps to enhance growth of entrepreneurial management of the country. Authors’ observed that the nature of SME activities is less favorable for women entrepreneur than the men entrepreneur. The authors suggested that the number of women entrepreneurs at rural areas should be increased through establishing community banks at a cheaper rate. In the formal sector, financial organizations are being required for developing proper steps to poverty alleviation, public-private and foreign strategic alliances and implementation procedures are required with special emphasis on achieving sustainable development goals (SDGS) of the country. Keywords: Bangladesh, economic factor, entrepreneurship, women, infrastructure, institutional. JEL Classifications: L26, O43
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Siddik, Md Nur Alam. "Does Financial Inclusion Promote Women Empowerment? Evidence from Bangladesh." Applied Economics and Finance 4, no. 4 (June 28, 2017): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/aef.v4i4.2514.
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Financial inclusion empowers individuals and families, especially women and the poor, and well-functioning financial systems enrich whole countries. While a plethora of literature exists in connection between the financial inclusion and women empowerment most of those are cross country studies and findings are mixed. And there is relative dearth of studies examining the nexus of financial inclusion and women empowerment of developing economy, particularly Bangladesh. This study attempted to fill this gap. In order to achieve the objective, a survey, by means of structured questionnaire, has been conducted on 500 rural women living in the Kurigram and Gaibandha district of Bangladesh during January to February 2017. Study reveals that financial inclusion increases women income, purchasing power, living standard and position in the family. Study also reveals that after availing financial inclusion progrmmes, rural women become able to meet their emergencies, give child better education, get better medical facility, reduce dependency on local money lenders which means that financial inclusion programmes promotes women’s economic empowerment. Findings of the study is of greater importance to the academicians, practitioners and policy makers of the country to design such packages as to foster financial inclusion which will lead to more women empowerment which in turn will lead to the inclusive development of the country.
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Lee, Vanessa, Faruk Ahmed, Shoko Wada, Tahmeed Ahmed, AM Shamsir Ahmed, Cadi Parvin Banu, and Nasima Akhter. "Extent of vitamin A deficiency among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh." Public Health Nutrition 11, no. 12 (December 2008): 1326–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008002723.
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AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, and examine the relationship between various factors and vitamin A status.SettingCommunity Nutrition Promoter (CNP) centres in Kapasia sub-district of Gazipur district, Bangladesh.DesignA cross-sectional study.Subjects and methodsTwo hundred women, aged 18–39 years, in their second or third trimester of pregnancy were selected from seventeen CNP centres in four unions of Kapasia sub-district where they usually visit for antenatal care. Various socio-economic, personal and pregnancy-related information, dietary intake of vitamin A and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) data were collected. Serum retinol (vitamin A) concentration was determined.ResultsMore than half (51 %) of the pregnant women had low vitamin A status (serum retinol <1·05 μmol/l) with 18·5 % having VAD (serum retinol <0·70 μmol/l). Fifty-three per cent of the women’s vitamin A intake was less than the recommended dietary allowance. By multiple regression analysis, MUAC, per-capita expenditure on food and wealth index were found to have significant independent positive relationship with serum retinol concentration, while gestational age of the pregnant women had a negative relationship. The overall F-ratio (10·3) was highly significant (P = 0·0001), the adjusted R2 was 0·18 (multiple R = 0·45).ConclusionVAD is highly prevalent among rural pregnant women in Bangladesh. Gestational age, nutritional status, per-capita expenditure on food and wealth index appear to be important in influencing the vitamin A status of these women. An appropriate intervention is warranted in order to improve the vitamin A status.
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Sabur, MD Abdus. "Gender, Veiling, and Class: Symbolic Boundaries and Veiling in Bengali Muslim Families." Gender & Society 36, no. 3 (April 18, 2022): 397–421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08912432221089631.
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In Bangladesh, due to economic growth and greater access to education, more girls and women are veiling, even as they are also more likely to be in school or employed. Some scholars identify this trend of women appearing both “more modern” and “more religious” as paradoxical. On the basis of 114 in-depth interviews with Bangladeshi migrant workers ( n = 57) in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, and South Korea and their wives ( n = 57) in rural Bangladesh, I claim that Muslim women in middle-class Bengali families who veil are cultivating symbolic boundaries guided by an accountability structure of middle-class religiosity and gender conservatism. The increasing tendency of middle-class Muslim women to appear both “more modern” and “more religious” can be explained by examining the role that veiling plays in signaling class status through conspicuous consumption, moral superiority, and respectable femininity, differentiating them from lower class women. I conclude that “doing gender” through veiling must be understood as also “doing middle-class difference” in Bengali Muslim families in rural Bangladesh.
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Reza, Abu Hena. "Cultural Change for Aspiration Adaptation: Role of NGO’s in Rural Bangladesh." Journal of Social and Development Sciences 1, no. 1 (February 15, 2011): 36–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jsds.v1i1.626.
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The cultural values in a society affects aspiration window and aspiration adaptation of people belong to that society. The socially transmitted behavioural pattern, the culture, plays important role towards socio-economic changes in the households and country. The changes in culture may be autonomous of exogenously affected. The social organisations like NGOs may act as external agents of changes in culture of a society to initiate aspiration adaptation among the poor. This paper evaluates ability of NGOs to change traditional values to employment, education, healthcare, and women empowerment. Analysing data from a household field survey in rural area of Bangladesh it has been observed that NGOs have ability to change traditional cultural values slowly and partially. The NGOs are successful to reduce poverty and to change approach to healthcare of traditional society. They could not show enough success in raising educational level. NGOs achieved some successes in women empowerment by motivating educated women to work more in earned activities, and by reducing deprivation of women in healthcare. In general, the paper observed that NGOs are able to change culture of a society that may enhance capability of people and may ensure socio-economic development of households in rural areas of Bangladesh to some extent. Hence, NGOs are agents of cultural change in society to create new aspiration windows and aspiration adaptation.
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Islam, M. Saiful, and Tarikul Islam. "Micro-Finance for Women Empowerment: A Rural-Urban Analysis." Information Management and Business Review 10, no. 3 (October 13, 2018): 38–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v10i3.2462.
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This paper examined the micro-finance services towards empowerment of unprivileged women in the southwestern part of Bangladesh. A sample of 300 low profile unprivileged micro-finance service receiving women equally from rural and urban areas of Khulna district were surveyed during May, 2018. Data were collected on the usage and effectiveness of micro-finance services and were analyzed using STATA 12. Multiple regression model and descriptive statistics were used to interpret data. Economic empowerment, social empowerment, interpersonal empowerment and political empowerment were considered to measure women empowerment. The study found that proper use of microcredit, marital status of women, educational status of women and their husbands, personal income and their position in the family were the main determinants of women empowerment. Women empowerment score remained higher in urban areas than in rural areas. The availability of micro-finance services improved the status of unprivileged low profile suburban women in terms of income generation, saving mobilization, the creation of household assets and overall poverty reduction of rural women. Thus, microfinance has been a useful tool for women empowerment and economic development in both areas but more effective in urban areas.
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Nayan, Shafia Khatun, Nasreen Begum, Mumtaz Rahman Abid, Sanjida Rahman, Ahsanul Kabir Rajib, Nashid Farzana, and MST Laizuman Nahar. "Utilization of Postnatal Care Services among the Rural Women in Bangladesh." Northern International Medical College Journal 8, no. 2 (May 14, 2017): 208–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/nimcj.v8i2.32551.
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Background : Low utilization of routine postnatal care (PNC) is an important determinant of high maternal and neonatal mortality in Bangladesh.Objective : To determine the utilization of post-natal care services among the rural women in a selected area in Bangladesh.Methodology : During October 2015 to March 2016 a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out among 200 married women of reproductive age who had a live baby below 5years of age. Sample was selected purposively from village Islampur in Dhamrai Upzilla under Dhaka district. After taking informed consent data were collected by face to face interview using structured questionnaire.Results : The study revealed that 73.50% of the respondents utilized PNC services among them 55.10% took PNC for less than 3 times and 28.57% took PNC for more than 3 times during postnatal period. Most of them 86% were house wife; age between 25-30 years. About 35% respondents were educated up to secondary level and 31.5% were from middle economic group. In this study 79.50% respondents received Antenatal care and advice for Post-Natal Care (PNC) Source of information for PNC was 32.5% from health workers. Fifty nine percent respondents took PNC on combined decision of husband and wife. A significant number of respondents 61.91% received postnatal care at Upazilla Health Complex. Most of the respondents 73.47% found health care provider available on duty and good behavior were found by 72.11% respondents. Among respondents 62.59% attended Health Centre by walking. Only 59.86% respondents got free PNC service. Regarding importance of PNC 67.5% believed for healthy mother and 12.5% for healthy baby.Conclusions : Post Natal Care service utilization was satisfactory (73.50%) in the study area which is higher than the national figure (36%). The findings of the study clearly showed that female education, monthly household income, antenatal care utilization, distance of health center turned out important factors in determining the postpartum care utilization among the mothers. Availability and interaction with health care providers also affected the postpartum care utilization in the study population.Northern International Medical College Journal Vol.8(2) January 2017: 208-212
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Imtiaz, Khondker Saif, Khadiza Begum, Nilufar Begum, Samiha Naureen, Jony Barua, Jobaer Faruque, and Abdur Rahman Khalid. "Practice of personal hygiene among rural women of a selected community in Bangladesh." Northern International Medical College Journal 6, no. 1 (May 1, 2015): 29–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/nimcj.v6i1.23158.
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Background : Good health is a marker of good economic status of a nation. Personal hygiene should be maintained first for obtaining great accuracy in work, low suffering from diseases and to reduce possibility of diseases.Objective : This study was undertaken to assess practice of personal hygiene among rural women of a selected community in Bangladesh.Materials & Methods : A descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted during MarchJune 2012. 150 women of various ages selected from Garibpur and Tangurpur villages of Jessore District to assess two basic components of personal hygiene, hand washing and safe drinking water. Non probability convenient sampling technique was followed and data were collected by face to face interview using pre tested, self administered, semi structured questionnaire.Results : The mean age of the respondents was 33 years. Regarding educational qualification, 87.33% were educated in different levels and 12.67% were illiterate. Occupational status revealed majority (74.67%) of them were housewives. Regarding economic condition, most (60%) of the respondents had family income <10,000 Taka. In this study, majority (87.34%) had practiced hand washing before eating. Among them on taking different types of food (86.26%) practiced hand washing before taking meals only 13.74% before taking breakfast and none of the respondents washed hands before taking any dry food. Majority (95.34%) practiced hand washing after defecation, among them (82%) used soap, 16% used ash and 2% used soil after defecation. In this study, majority (90.67%) used tube well which was not marked red, 6% used pond and 3.33% used river as their source of drinking water.Conclusion : Good practice of personal hygiene and use of safe drinking water has significant importance to lead a healthy life, the villagers of Bangladesh should be well motivated regarding this aspect by regular health education programmes.Northern International Medical College Journal Vol.6(1) 2014: 29-31
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Jahan, Ishrat, and Md Mamun-ur-Rashid. "Socio-economic Impact of IBBL Microfinance on Rural Women in a Selected District of Bangladesh." Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 6, no. 3 (January 10, 2015): 136–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ajaees/2015/17356.
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Khan, Hafiz T. A., and Twyeafur Rahman. "Women’s participations in economic and NGO activities in Bangladesh." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 36, no. 7/8 (July 11, 2016): 491–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-09-2015-0097.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine key factors affecting the economic involvement of women in Bangladesh and women’s involvement with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) particularly in microcredit operating in that country. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses nationally representative data set. Quantitative analysis was utilised to explore data contained in the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys 2007 and 2011. Findings – The findings indicate that age, marital status, number of children living in the household, place of residence, geographical location, education, partner’s education and the wealth index are important factors in enabling women’s involvement in economic activities. In other words, the key findings emerged from the study are first, the low level of women’s economic activities in Bangladesh with a majority involved in farming, agriculture and poultry; second, those women involved in the labour market generally tended to come from poor backgrounds, have very little education, live in the Northwest geographical region and have a large family living in the same house; and finally, age, currently married, having a higher number of children, living in rural areas, from the Northwest region with almost no education and belonging to the poor wealth index quintile are found to be associated more with NGO activities in Bangladesh. Social implications – The findings indicate there are potential barriers that are preventing Bangladeshi women from engaging in the labour market that could reinforce the case for reshaping the government’s labour policies. The study reveals that the recent economic crisis has no significant impact on the women labour force participation as well their involvement in NGO activities in Bangladesh. It is generally understood that enhancing women’s economic participation and NGO activities has a positive impact at family, community and country levels. The study concludes that investing in women, particularly in creating employment opportunities including NGO sectors can help the country as a safeguard even during the economic crisis. It is anticipated that the findings will help policy-makers in enhancing female labour force participation as well as encouraging them to engage in NGO activities in Bangladesh. Originality/value – The research paper is original in terms of conceptual framework, research design and statistical analysis.
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hossain, mian b. "analysing the relationship between family planning workers’ contact and contraceptive switching in rural bangladesh using multilevel modelling." Journal of Biosocial Science 37, no. 5 (January 25, 2005): 529–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932004007096.
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with a population of over 131 million and a fertility rate of 29·9 per 1000, population growth constitutes a primary threat to continued economic growth and development in bangladesh. one strategy that has been used to cease further increases in fertility in bangladesh involves using family planning outreach workers who travel throughout rural and urban areas educating women regarding contraceptive alternatives. this study uses a longitudinal database to assess the impact of family planning outreach workers’ contact upon contraceptive switching and upon the risk of an unintended pregnancy. using longitudinal data on contraceptive use from the operations research project (orp) of the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research (icddr,b) in bangladesh, multiple decrement life table analysis and multilevel, discrete-time competing risk hazards models were used to estimate the cumulative probabilities of switching to an alternative form of contraceptive use after a woman engaged in a discussion with an outreach worker. after controlling for the effects of socio-demographic and economic characteristics, the analysis revealed that family planning outreach workers’ contact with women significantly decreases the risk of transitioning to the non-use of contraceptives. this contact also reduces the risk of an unintended pregnancy. family planning workers’ contact with women is associated with the increased risk of a woman switching from one modern method to another modern method. the study results indicate that side-effects and other method-related reasons are the two primary reasons for contraceptive discontinuation in rural bangladesh.
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Rahman, Md Mahbubur, Kazi Shahdat Kabir, and Md Abdullah Al Helal. "Womens Economic Empowerment through Micro-credit program: A Case of Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) in Rural Bangladesh." Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka) 8, no. 1-2 (March 9, 2014): 41–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbt.v8i1-2.18285.
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The paper is an endeavor to assess womens economic empowerment through micro-credit program by evaluating different activities in various economic spheres in the rural area of Bangladesh. The study has been done utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Using role of women in different economic spheres like household level, community level and broader arenas, a survey questionnaire was designed to collect data from 152 women following snow-ball sampling procedure and different statistical methods were applied to analyze the collected data. In addition, qualitative techniques like FGD and case study were used to validate the analyzed data. Finally, applying multiple regression method, the study revealed that different factors of household and community level e.g. ability of establishing rural cooperative banks, control of own poultry farm and its utilization, control of own jewelry and enjoyment, decision-making in land or equipment selling in an emergency and independent savings have been found significantly associated with the womens economic empowerment in the studied area. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbt.v8i1-2.18285 Journal of Business and Technology (Dhaka) Vol.8(1-2) 2013; 41-62
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Khanam, Tanvin, Md Rafiqul Islam, Shamrin Sultana, and Laila Yesmin. "Reproductive Tract Infection In A Village Area Of Bangladesh." KYAMC Journal 6, no. 2 (August 28, 2017): 642–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/kyamcj.v6i2.33744.
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Objective: To asses the incidence of reproductive tract infection among the married women in the reproductive age group living in the rural area of Bangladesh.Study design: Retrospective studyMethod: Hospital based study done for a period of six month January 2013 to june 2013. Only married women suffering from reproductive tract infection were included.Result: Out of 1288 female patient attended for treatment in OPD, 582 (46.47%) were found affected by RTI. Women of age between 15-35 years were mostly affected (85%). Abnormal vaginal discharge (100%) and itching were the most common symptoms. The disease was more common among the illiterate women (72%) and in low socio-economic group (58%).KYAMC Journal Vol. 6, No.-2, Jan 2016, Page 642-644
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Islam, Md Rafiqul, and Md Mahfuzar Rahman. "Desire for a Child in Rural Area of Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Analysis." Rajshahi University Journal of Science 38 (October 10, 2013): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/rujs.v38i0.16550.
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The main focus of this study is to draw attention to some demographic, socio-cultural and economic, and programmatic factors, which are affecting the desire for a child in rural area of Bangladesh. The study shows that about 40% of the rural women aged 10-49 years desired for a child. Applying logistic regression model with R2 and correct classification rate for checking the quality of fit on Bangladesh Demographic and health Survey (BDHS) 2004 data, the findings indicate that for achieving the replacement level fertility, the family planning program should be strengthened among the ever-married women under age 30 years. The probability of desire for an additional child is significantly higher in Chittagong and Sylhet divisions. It has also been clearly observed that desire for a child is higher among women having age at marriage 18+ years and also among women having higher education. Women having access to mass media especially TV have a statistically lower probability in desiring for a child than those without access. The probability of desire for an additional child is significantly lower for women who are involved to NGOs than that of the women who are not involved. Finally, the paper provides some suggestive policy measures so that the planners and implementers may take appropriate initiatives for achieving the replacement level fertility in Bangladesh. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/rujs.v38i0.16550 Rajshahi University J. of Sci. 38, 75-86 (2010)
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Larance, Lisa Young. "Fostering social capital through NGO design." International Social Work 44, no. 1 (January 2001): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002087280104400102.
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Across rural Bangladesh, non-governmental organizations are offering poor women economic opportunities and access to social development. Findings outlined in this article suggest the social implications of micro-credit lending via the Grameen Bank can be as powerful as the economic implications. In a village-level assessment, Grameen Bank members’ gradual social capital formation was evidenced in evolving trust and expanded networks.
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Begum, Nadia, Nasreen Begum, Sk Akbar Hossain, AFM Ashik Imran, and Mst Laizuman Nahar. "Antenatal care practice among Pregnant Women in a selected rural area of Bangladesh." Northern International Medical College Journal 10, no. 1 (December 20, 2018): 339–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/nimcj.v10i1.39328.
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Background : Antenatal care (ANC) is an important determinant of high maternal mortality rate and one of the basic components of maternal care on which the life of mothers and newborn babies depend.
Objective : To study the Antenatal care practice among pregnant women in a selected rural area.
Methodology : This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among pregnant women in a selected rural area from July 2016 to December 2016. Total sample was 121. Purposive sampling technique was followed. Data collection was done by face to face interview by using pretested structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 17.0.
Results : A total of 121 women were interviewed. Sixty nine (57.02%) pregnant women were registered for ANC. Among them 47(68.11%) of respondents completed more than 4ANC visits. For the current pregnancy 56(46.28%) preferred Upazila Health Complex (UHC) and home delivery was preferred by 34(28.09%) respondents. Among the respondent age group 25-30 yrs were 61(50.41%) and educated upto primary level were 59(48.76%). Monthly income between 5000-10000 taka was among 48(39.66%) respondents. Most of their husbands (52.06%) were educated up to primary level and 25.61 % of them were garments worker and 23.96 % were day laborers.
Conclusion : ANC practice was not satisfactory. Only half of the pregnant women attended for ANC and completed minimum four visits. Nearly half of the pregnant women preferred UHC. Educated women from lower economic status were found to attend for ANC.
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Khan, Md Nuruzzaman, Md Awal Kabir, Asma Ahmad Shariff, and Md Mostafizur Rahman. "Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data." PLOS Global Public Health 2, no. 2 (February 2, 2022): e0000091. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091.
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Caesarean section (CS) use is rising rapidly in Bangladesh, though lack of CS use remains common among disadvantage women. This increases risks of long-term obstetric complications as well as maternal and child deaths among disadvantage women. We aimed to determine the interaction effects of women’s disadvantage characteristics on CS use in Bangladesh. For this we have analysed a total of 27,093 women’s data extracted from five rounds of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey conducted during 2004 and 2017/18. The outcome variable was CS use, coded as use (1) and non-use (0). The major exposure variables were individual level, household level, and community level characteristics. Multilevel logistic regression model was used to determine association of CS use with socio-demographic characteristics and the interactions of three variables: working status, wealth quintile, and place of residence. We found a 751% increase of CS use over the last 13 years—from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18. Nearly, 80% of the total CS operation occurred in the private health facilities followed by the government health facilities (15%). Women living in rural areas with no engagement in formal income generating activities showed a 11% (OR, 0.89, 95% CI, 0.71–0.99) lower use of CS in 2004. This association was further strengthened over time, and a 51% (OR, 0.49, 0.03–0.65) lower in CS use was reported in 2017/18. Similarly, around 12%-83% lower likelihoods of CS use were found among rural poor and poorer women. These indicate Bangladesh is facing a double burden of CS use, that is a group of women with improved socio-economic condition are using this life saving procedure without medical necessity while their counterpart of disadvantage characteristics could not access the service. Improved monitoring from the government along with support to use CS services for the disadvantage groups on necessity are important.
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Jahan, Yasmin, Michiko Moriyama, Md Moshiur Rahman, Kana Kazawa, Mariko Mizukawa, Atiqur Rahman, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid, Sumon Kumar Das, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, and Mohammod Jobayer Chisti. "Disease perception and experiences among rural Bangladeshi hypertensive women: A qualitative approach." Health Promotion Perspectives 10, no. 1 (January 28, 2020): 66–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2020.11.
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Background: Hypertension (HTN) is well established as a leading cause of common serious illnesses worldwide. We carried out this qualitative research to understand perception of and experiences related to HTN among rural Bangladeshi hypertensive women. Methods: A total of 74 female hypertensive participants who were diagnosed as HTN were purposively recruited in a rural community in Mirzapur, Bangladesh. A focus group discussion(FGD) was applied to share their perception and experiences. Transcripts were read in an iterative process, and a thematic analysis was performed. This paper is reported followed by COREQ checklist. Results: Three main themes were generated; (i) Perception of HTN based on experiences, (ii)Knowledge of management of HTN, and (iii) Barriers of management of HTN. Under the themes, seven subthemes were identified. The participants only knew about their high blood pressure(HBP) when they had symptoms, and they applied traditional remedies in the rural context to deal with those symptoms. Even though more than half of participants had relevant knowledge of how to manage HTN, but still there were social-cultural and economic barriers and lack of social infrastructure to access healthcare, existed to practice them. Conclusion: Based on our study reports, health education programs at the household and community level could be a potential starting point for any preventive and containment strategy in rural communities of Bangladesh.