Gender, religious change and sustainability in Bangladesh

Rozario, Santi; Samuel, Geoffrey

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2010.02.009

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“…The notion that education leads to women's empowerment has gained popularity, although we still have much to learn about how married women empowers status of women .Nevertheless, in the past 10 years, the goal of women's empowerment (often linked with married women's) has received serious attention, as well as funding by donors and international agencies . (Rozario, S., & Samuel, G, 2006) Gender: Gender of women empowerment is a crucial attribute of employee demography.…”

Section: Marital Status Of Womenmentioning

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Micro Finance and Women Empowerment - Their Space and Opportunity for Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Karna¹

2021

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In Nepal, the emergence of liberalization and globalization in early 1990‘s aggravated the problem of women workers in unorganized sectors from bad to worse as most of the women who were engaged in various self-employment activities have lost their livelihood. Despite in substantial contribution of women to both household and national economy, their work is considered just an extension of household domain and remains non-monetized. In Nepal, Microfinancescene is dominated by banking sector for providing loan as an effective mechanism for providing financial services to the ―Unreached Poor‖, and also in strengthening their collective self-help capacities leading to their empowerment. Rapid progress in the Microfinancesector now has turned into an empowerment movement among women across the country. Microfinanceis necessary to overcome exploitation, create confidence for economic self-reliance of the rural poor, particularly among women.

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Section: Marital Status Of Womenmentioning

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Micro Finance and Women Empowerment - Their Space and Opportunity for Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Karna¹

2021

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“…As Fernandez (2012) notes, such work, which is restricted to the vicinity of the domestic threshold, is often derogatorily labelled as women's work. Rozario and Samuel (2010) note that while economic transformations in Bangladesh, including the growth of the garments industry and of NGO employment, have opened up extensive possibilities for new economic roles for women, the dominant Bangladeshi culture of gender has remained relatively unaltered. While there are some impressive examples of women's mobilization undertaken specifically by NGOs (for example, women saving themselves and their families from poverty, gaining self-confidence and social respect in the process) women in Bangladesh, (especially poor-class women) face barriers, such as divorce threats or demands for dowry (White, 1992).…”

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“…Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, with Muslims making up approximately 148.6 million people of the total population (152 million) (Rozario and Samuel, 2010). This makes Bangladesh the fourth largest Muslim country in the world (after Indonesia, Pakistan and India) (ibid.).…”

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“…The essence of the caste system therefore introduces social inequality, which contradicts the teachings of other religions, such as Buddhism, Islam and Christianity (ibid.). Hindu concepts about piety and the avoidance of pollution also lie at the heart of the caste system (Rozario and Samuel, 2010). Karma itself is often defined as the purity or impurity of past deeds, with the idea being that one will be reincarnated at a lower level if they have been polluted in some way (facts and details, nd).…”

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“…Bengali Muslims therefore found themselves integrated into the Islamic Umma (community) without transcending their former subordinate status (ibid.). The caste system's focus on the constructs of auspiciousness and purity, also stipulates that women are impure and of lesser spiritual status than men (Rozario and Samuel, 2010). For example, temples often have two entry doors, one specifically for menstruating women and people from lower castes (facts and details, nd).…”

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Microfinance and Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh: A Study of Competing Logics and Their Implications for Accounting and Accountability Systems

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<p>This study explores the issues of microfinance and women’s empowerment in Bangladesh, and their implications for accounting and accountability systems. The topic is politically contentious. There are debates about what ‘women’s empowerment’ means, how it fits with the other stated objectives of microfinance, how the success of microfinance should be evaluated, whether women are actually being empowered through microfinance initiatives, and concerns about the accountability of microfinance institutions (Kilby, 2006; Rahman, 1999). My study examines these controversies, drawing and building on Mayoux (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) and the work of others on ‘competing logics’ evident in microfinance theory and practice. In particular, it compares and contrasts ‘economic’ and ‘social’ logics and explores their implications for how accounting and accountability systems are conceptualised and operationalised. In recognition of the dominance of economic logics in traditional accounting, it also responds to calls to develop more multi-dimensional accountings and ways of operationalising proposals for greater social accountability (Bebbington et al., 2007; Brown, 2009; Dillard and Roslender, 2011; Kilby, 2006, 2011; Kindon et al., 2007; Molisa et al., 2012). Through a participatory action research case study, my study focuses on the potential of dialogic accounting and accountability systems to address some of the problems and challenges identified in both gender and development studies and accounting literatures.</p>

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Reconfiguring Gender Relations

Siddiqi

2017

Becoming ‘Good Muslim’

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Gender, religious change and sustainability in Bangladesh

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Micro Finance and Women Empowerment - Their Space and Opportunity for Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Micro Finance and Women Empowerment - Their Space and Opportunity for Poverty Reduction in Nepal

Microfinance and Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh: A Study of Competing Logics and Their Implications for Accounting and Accountability Systems

Reconfiguring Gender Relations

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