Gender violence and development discourse in Bangladesh

Khan, Farida

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2451.2005.546.x

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“…Violence against women in Bangladesh is a serious social, cultural, and economic problem that has far‐reaching consequences which impact society and the development of the country (MDG Achievement Fund (MDGIF), ). In 2000, the United Nations identified Bangladesh as a country that retains the worst record of violence against women (Khan, ). Domestic violence, especially spousal abuse, is perhaps the most widespread form of violence in Bangladesh (Mannan, ).…”

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Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh

Khan

2015

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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The aim of this study was to explore the consequences of domestic violence against rural Bangladeshi women. Drawing on in-depth qualitative phenomenological interviews with 39 female victims of domestic violence from 8 rural settings of the Netrokona and Mymensingh districts, it was found that domestic violence not only causes serious consequences to the overall health and wellbeing of victims, it also causes negative impacts to their children and family members. For victims, consequences were physical, sexual, reproductive, psychological, and economic. For the children of the victims, consequences were mostly behavioral and psychological, while for family members of the victims, consequences were mainly economic and psychological. This study has significant academic implications because it could trace the consequences of domestic violence in a three dimensional manner. Based on empirical findings, this study proposes policy recommendations, such as campaigning against domestic violence and the proper implementation of laws related to domestic violence.

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Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh

Khan

2015

Asian Soc Wrk & Pol Rev

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“…Female participation (of the age over 15 years) in the labor force is only 36% compared to 82.5% of male participation. Even in sectors that predominantly provide women's employment (such as the garment), women are mostly employed in low skilled jobs and are paid less than their male counterparts (Khan, 2005).…”

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“…As suggested by different studies (e.g. Khan, 2005), attitude towards women leadership may vary due to tradition and social acceptance of women's participation in sectors of employment (Oplatka, 2006). Therefore, alongside investigating overall attitude towards women leadership at the workplace, this study also investigated whether and to what extent this attitude varies based on gender and hierarchy of the employees and different sectors of employment.…”

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Gender Role Perception in Society and Attitude towards Women Managers in Bangladesh

Jahiruddin¹,

Hossain²,

Rahman³

et al. 2020

IJBM

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This study investigates employees’ attitudes towards women managers in different types of organizations in the context of Bangladesh. Two groups of respondents – supervisors of the women managers and other employees who report to the women managers were selected for data collection through a multistage procedure. The study found that employees, on the whole, have an indifferent attitude towards women managers at the workplace. Among different aspects pertinent to women's leadership, the employees demonstrated a favorable attitude about the women managers’ knowledge and skill, while the employees feel that maternity and other feminine issues make women less desirable in the managerial positions. As the differences were investigated among the respondents of different demographic groups, significant differences were found among various groups based on gender, age, and sectors of employment. However, no significant difference was found among the employees based on their reporting relation with (supervisor and sub-ordinate) the women managers.

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“…Though economic growth has provided many opportunities for women in Bangladesh it also holds an embedded challenge for them and presented a new set of challenges for gender inequality (Holmes, Mannan, Dhali & Parveen, 2010). Gender-based violence, including rape, acid attacks, and domestic violence, is pervasive and appears to be rising (Khan, 2005). Development interventions have targeted women and girls, with emphasis on education, health and economic empowerment with many notable gains (World Bank, 2015).…”

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Gender Norms and Agricultural Innovation: Insights from Six Villages in Bangladesh

Aregu¹,

Choudhury²,

Rajaratnam³

et al. 2018

JSD

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The ability of development interventions to catalyse and support innovation for—and by— women and men is undermined by lack of specific understanding about how gender norms interact with gender relations and what this means for innovation. This is also the case for Bangladesh despite substantive research and development investments in the past decade that have placed emphasis on gender norms, particularly those inhibiting women and girl’s education, women and girl’s health, and women’s economic empowerment. This paper analyses how men and women in South West Bangladesh perceive gender norms to affect their ability to innovate, adopt, and benefit from new technologies in aquaculture, fisheries and agricultural systems. Our qualitative findings from six villages in 2014 confirm that the engagement of women and men smallholders with agricultural innovation and its opportunities is gender-differentiated. We explore further: how gender norms shape these differences; which gender norms are most significant in the given context, when and for whom; and, finally, when and how are some women and men able to innovate in the context of these norms. In doing so, we highlight how gender norms interact with gender relations and wider structural inequalities to constrain and/or enable innovation for different women and men. We conclude that technical organizations seeking to promote innovation need to go beyond itemizing gender ‘gaps’ to engage more closely with underlying gender norms and the way they influence various women’s, and men’s, motivations, spheres of innovation, and valuations of outcomes.

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Gender violence and development discourse in Bangladesh

Cited by 30 publications

References 11 publications

Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh

Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women: Some Reflections from Rural Bangladesh

Gender Role Perception in Society and Attitude towards Women Managers in Bangladesh

Gender Norms and Agricultural Innovation: Insights from Six Villages in Bangladesh

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