Modern Law, Traditional ‘Shalish’ and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh

Khondker, Habibul Haque

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“…Despite the severity of the issue, local GV disputes (regarding various incidents such as acid-violence, domestic violence and sexual assault) are mainly intervened by informal authorities, namely, Salish (local village councils who are predominately male), independent from the state-led justice system. Salish or local village councils comprise village elders who pass judgments, following Fatwa [5] (religious edicts), which is normally patriarchal (Acid Survivors Foundation, 2014;Khondker, 2015). Many judgments in Salish are conceived as male-biased, originating from the power exercise of rural leaders (Khan, 2014).…”

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Activist public relations in developing contexts where rules and norms collide: insights from two activist organizations against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

Ali

Saniei

O’Leary

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JCOM

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PurposeThis study aims to broaden the understanding of activist public relations in developing contexts. The power of formal laws and policies in developing contexts diminishes by traditional norms and authorities, and therefore, a great deal of activist public relations efforts is devoted to controlling destructive norms and informal authorities. Activist public relations literature often assumes powerful formal institutions that are capable to control behaviors. The authors challenge this assumption by exploring activist public relations against gender-based violence (GV) in Bangladesh.Design/methodology/approachThis study took an interpretative and social constructionist approach to examine public relations practices of two GV activist organizations in Bangladesh. The data were collected through observation, interviews and document analysis of four campaigns. The data were coded in NVivo.FindingsThe data show that the activist organizations used public relations campaigns for informal institutional work. The campaigns included educating various publics and storytelling to build supporting identities, norms and networks to address GV in Bangladesh.Research limitations/implicationsThe study has been limited to advocacy campaign of the non-governmental organizations.Practical implicationsThe knowledge from this study can be applied to the social development sectors where public relations is used to activate activism. In addition, the public relations practitioners and scholars can find how activists public relations is emerging in developing context.Originality/valueThe findings suggest that activist public relations in developing contexts carry out institutional work and create informal institutions to compensate for the formal institutional voids. In addition, this paper highlights the role of public relations in institutional work, to create and maintain contributory institutions or disrupt disturbing institutions.

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Activist public relations in developing contexts where rules and norms collide: insights from two activist organizations against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

Ali

Saniei

O’Leary

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JCOM

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“…While Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) women toil daily in business to make their ends meet, surprisingly, their contribution, creativity, and innovation to the local and international business remains rarely researched or even acknowledged (Tan, 2008;Amine, & Staub, 2009;Markovic & Kyaruzi, 2010). In the business, cruelty, prejudice, and unfairness against women and girls continue to be common, whether in formal or in informal businesses settings (OECD, 2014;Khondker, 2015;Stamarski, & Son Hing, 2015). Despite the fact of prejudice against women, societies around, including women themselves consider the atrocious social injustice against women as part of life, and women have to accept and endure the suffering, although it shouldn"t be that way.…”

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The Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Women Participation in Business, Using the US as a Study Model

Bhoke-Africanus¹,

Starnawska²

2019

IJGWS

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This study was conducted in 14 countries of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as well as in Buffalo, NY. The mixed method, i.e. qualitative and quantitative was employed with the intention of understanding the people"s perception regarding women who participate in the business. In addition a t-test was carried out using SPSS to find the mean differences between the two parties, and the US was actually included as a study model. From respondents" point of views, it was revealed that no mean differences in perception between participants from SSA and those from Buffalo, NY in relation to women who participate in business. However, respondents from both sides indicated discrimination and unfairness against women participating in business to be a widespread problem. Strangely, participants, and the literature review, indicated the reverence of women relies on the level of education and the work position that women hold in the society. The study concludes that when solving issues of discrimination / unfairness against women in the business, it would be wise to include both men and women and not women alone. Finally, the family level training to address the problem must start from early ages of children at home, since tradition families continue to be the foundation of education for children and of the social life.

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Engagement of Civil Society in Good Governance and Sustainable Development

Momen¹,

Ferdous²

2023

New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives

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Modern Law, Traditional ‘Shalish’ and Civil Society Activism in Bangladesh

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Activist public relations in developing contexts where rules and norms collide: insights from two activist organizations against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

Activist public relations in developing contexts where rules and norms collide: insights from two activist organizations against gender-based violence in Bangladesh

The Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Women Participation in Business, Using the US as a Study Model

Engagement of Civil Society in Good Governance and Sustainable Development

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