Female Activity Space in Rural Bangladesh

Paul, Bimal Kanti

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“…For this reason, we introduce to the analysis a more direct measure of the marital household's attitudes towards traditional norms, namely whether girls and women from the household practise purdah . In this context, purdah refers to a cultural norm that restricts the presence of women in public spaces (see Paul () and White () for in‐depth discussions of purdah practice in the rural Bangladeshi context). The practice of purdah can take the form of clothing worn by a woman in a public space to cover her face or hands as a sign of modesty, or an outer garment worn over ordinary clothing for the same reason; alternatively, it can involve the use of a chaperone in public spaces, and restricted movement outside of the home.…”

Section: Pathways Of Impact On Attitudes Towards Gender Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms

Asadullah

Wahhaj

2018

Economica

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We investigate whether female early marriage is a conduit for the transmission of social norms, specifically norms relating to gender roles and rights within the household. We exploit differences in the age at menarche between sisters as an exogenous source of variation in marriage age. This approach allows us to control for beliefs and attitudes that are transmitted from parents to children. Using a sample of unmarried adolescents in Bangladesh, we first show that the timing of onset of menstruation has no direct effect on adolescent attitudes on attitudes towards gender norms. Yet we find that early marriage increases agreement with statements supportive of gender bias in the allocation of resources, and worsens the quality of a woman's post-marital social network. We also find evidence suggesting that schooling is a complement and the quality of the social network a substitute of later marriage in terms of their effects on attitudes towards traditional gender norms.

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Section: Pathways Of Impact On Attitudes Towards Gender Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms

Asadullah

Wahhaj

2018

Economica

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“…The segregative practice of purdah also constricts access to information, knowledge, and social networks outside the homestead, including filtered access to technologies, earning potential, and legal services (Paul ). This propagates additional inequalities, situating Bangladeshi women with fewer opportunities to access information on disaster risk and preparedness.…”

Section: Why Women Die At Higher Ratesmentioning

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Women, Gender Norms, and Natural Disasters in Bangladesh

Juran

Trivedi

2015

Geographical Review

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Women and men are impacted differently by natural disasters, leading to claims that there exist gendered disaster vulnerabilities and a "gendered terrain of disasters" (Enarson and Morrow 1998). What makes this contention even more academically and practically relevant are recent increases in the number of natural disasters and affectees (Guha-Sapir and others 2004; Paul 2011). The confluence of gender and disaster is particularly clear in Bangladesh, a country challenging twin specters of gender issues and an array of regularly occurring natural disasters. Bangladesh's unique geographic situation of extreme population densities overlaid on a low-lying deltaic and coastal landscape interacts with the nation's range of social and environmental transitions: issues of democracy, government corruption, poverty, rural-urban divides, and gender parity, coupled with problems related to multihazard risk, looming effects of climate change, and issues of environmental justice that predispose certain demographics to heightened levels of risk. Thus, the topic of gender and natural disasters presents a valuable junction for practical and academic exploration, representing a space where these transitions jointly manifest, coexist, and both create and reveal vulnerability. THE VULNERABILITY CALCULUSVulnerability comprises a vast, continually expanding literature. This brief discussion is nonexhaustive, but meant to situate vulnerability as inherently complex and transdisciplinary. Here, vulnerability is characterized as multidimensional and defined as the absence of physical and ecological features, natural and human resources, and social, economic, political, and technological capacities that offer protection from the shocks of natural disaster (Comfort and others 1999;Cutter and Finch 2008).

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“…Housework increases with the size of the household but appears to be different on the ratio between men and women. In addition the size of female space for paid and unpaid varies regionally in Bangladesh as the district of the country differs from each other in economic condition and in practice of purdah (Kanti Paul, 1992). The proportion of time spent on unpaid or domestic activities confirms to that abstract notion of 'work' and work is becoming more and more concentrating in the 'paid economy'.…”

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Exploring Uncounted Contribution of Women in Bangladesh: Barriers, Implications and Opportunities

Haque¹

2016

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Work is typically divided along gender lines with men being responsible for the outside work and as the main income-earner and women for housework and child care. Women's unpaid work is not recognized and therefore, women are considered as passive dependents. Non-recognition of women's activity not only leads to undervaluation of economic contribution but also contributes to their lower status in society relative to men in Bangladesh. Therefore unpaid work is not a gender-neutral bundle of chores that women perform out of comparative advantage or lower resources but instead it is an integral part to the reproduction of unequal power relations between men and women.

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Female Activity Space in Rural Bangladesh

Cited by 28 publications

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Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms

Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms

Women, Gender Norms, and Natural Disasters in Bangladesh

Exploring Uncounted Contribution of Women in Bangladesh: Barriers, Implications and Opportunities

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