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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Women in Bangladesh"”.
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Evaluating the impact of microenterprise credit programs on women in Bangladesh
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1996.
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Rural Women in Bangladesh : The Legal Status of Women and the Relationship between NGOs and Religious Groups
Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In spite of political turmoil, frequent natural disasters and widespread corruption it has, in less than four decades after its birth as an independent state, gained visible success in human development - especially the education of …
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"MICROFINANCE AS A DETERMINANT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH: WHO IS AT RISK?"
<p>This paper examines the impact that microfinance participation has on reported domestic violence rates among women in Bangladesh. While microfinance programs are aimed at reducing poverty, they may have unintended consequence and contribute to domestic violence or Intimate Partner Violence …
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Gender, Religion and Development in Rural Bangladesh
This thesis examines the relationships between gender, religion and development in rural Bangladesh in the context of a series of attacks on NGOs by ‘fundamentalist’ forces in the country in the early part of the 1990s. Specifically, the focus is on the emergence of rural women as a center of …
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Microfinance and women empowerment in Bangladesh: Impact in economic, social and political dimensions.
This thesis empirically examines the impact of microfinance services on women’s economic, social and political empowerment in Bangladesh. Microfinance is alternative financial services for poor people, predominantly for women as they are more poverty-stricken and discriminated in Bangladesh. These …
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Activating Communities, Mobilizing Women: Affective Organizing in Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment Industry
… the development of class consciousness among women workers, the process of their activation, and their contributions to contemporary labour organizing in Bangladesh. Focused on the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry – a notoriously anti-union sector where women comprise approximately …
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Malnutrition among Bangladeshi women in ultra poor households: prevalence and determinants.
… has been recognized as a public health problem in Bangladesh. People living in absolute poverty are more susceptible to infection, disease and malnutrition. Nearly one-quarter to one-third population of Bangladesh live under extreme poverty – they are called the ultra poor. These ultra poor are …
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Assessing disparities in major family planning indicators by marital status
Background: The indicators of modern contraceptive use and demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods are used to measure access to sexual and reproductive health services, but international estimates of these indicators are often restricted to married/in-union women, or else only …