The aim of this research is to provide an overview of the self-esteem and inferiority complex of madrasa students in Bangladesh. The adapted Bangla version of Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale and Pati’s inferiority questionnaire were administered individually to 773 students. The analyses of results indicate that there is a significant difference in self-esteem according to gender ( p < .01 level) and socioeconomic status ( p < .05 level). Males have lower self-esteem than females, and lower socioeconomic status have lower self-esteem than other group of socioeconomic status. However, residence has no significant effect on self-esteem. The results also indicate that there is a significant difference in the inferiority complex according to socioeconomic status ( p < .05), but gender and residence have no effect on the inferiority complex. The analysis of results also revealed that self-esteem and inferiority complex were negatively correlated (–.015), that is, if self-esteem increases, then inferiority complex decreases among madrasa students.
This article is based on a research undertaken to promote and facilitate linkages between gender, poverty reduction and good governance at the local level. The 569 unions under study were included from Dhaka, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions. The research focused on analysis by combining feminist research techniques such as participant field observation, key informant interviews, focus group discussions and case studies of women's life history. The findings showed that most of the women were under the control of their husbands, and they were mere proxies. Women's voices in governance were not so far heard due to their under-representation and non-participation in institutional structures of decision-making. In governance, women still had limited and insufficient access to resources, public debate and political decision-making processes.
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