Transition to adulthood of female factory workers: Some evidence from Bangladesh

Amin, Sajeda; Diamond, Ian; Naved, Ruchira Tabassum; Newby, Margaret

doi:10.31899/pgy6.1002

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“…Women's work involves not only a contravening of gender identities by the woman, but also on the part of her husband, since it implies his inability to provide for the family. This picture is supported by findings from a number of studies among female garment factory workers in urban Bangladesh (Amin et al, 1997;Kibria, 1996;Paul-Majumder and Zohir, 1994). Disapproval of this shift in roles and responsibilities was expressed by men during our qualitative fieldwork:…”

Section: Persistent Social Stigma and Loss Of Prestigesupporting

confidence: 73%

“…In Bangladesh, with its strong patriarchal tradition (Amin, 1995;Cain et al, 1979), we might expect women's waged work to have a relatively limited impact. However, recent studies suggest that waged employment can lead to positive changes in women's lives, including: improved bargaining stance within the household (Kabeer, 1997a); increased access to information and support networks (Amin et al, 1997); and increased feelings of self-worth (Paul-Majumder and Begum, 2000). At the same time, negative implications have been identified, including increased exposure to risk of violence (Paul-Majumder and Begum, 2000).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity?

Salway

Jesmin²,

Rahman

2005

Development & Change

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Drawing on survey and ethnographic data, this article presents empirical evidence regarding the impact of work participation on poor women's lives in urban Bangladesh. Working for pay is common among poor, married women in Dhaka and working women commonly make an important contribution to household income. There is evidence that working women are more likely to manage money, shop for household provisions and move about outside the home than non-working women. Working women also appear better able to accumulate personal assets and take steps to secure their own well-being. Despite such signs of challenge to 'traditional' gender identity, social and economic structures continue to be heavily weighted against women, limiting the impact of employment on other dimensions of their lives. In the acutely insecure urban setting, women (and men) are found to pursue multiple strategies aimed at both securing 'centrality' within their families, as well as protecting personal interests should familial entitlements prove unreliable.

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Section: Persistent Social Stigma and Loss Of Prestigesupporting

confidence: 73%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity?

Salway

Jesmin²,

Rahman

2005

Development & Change

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“…These study findings are also in line with the literature suggesting that educated women are more likely to use contraceptives than are women who have no formal education (Amin, Diamond, & Steele, ; Rasooly, Ali, Brown, & Noormal, ). This finding is also consistent with research on women in Africa, suggesting that heightened educational achievement is positively associated with contraceptive use (Elfstrom & Stephenson, ; Kaye, ).…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Evidence suggests that improved access to family planning in Bangladesh improves women's earnings and body weight, as well as children's school performances and body mass indexes (Canning & Schultz, ), so perhaps family planning has the potential to impact domestic violence rates, as well. In particular, partner violence intervention should be made part of a larger campaign for family planning and reproductive health, given the relative success of the latter program even midst religious underpinnings that make birth control a contentious issue in Bangladesh (Amin et al, ). At the same time, practitioners working in reproductive health and partner violence would do well to understand this potential linkage as a way to support the idea of creating healthy families when working with families affected by violence.…”

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Intimate partner violence and use of contraceptives in Bangladesh: Results from a national sample

Murshid

Ely

2016

Int J Soc Welfare

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The effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) on women's lives includes negative reproductive health outcomes by way of compromised control over their bodies. This effect is contextual, which leads to contradictory implications for practitioners involved in sexual and reproductive health. The current article adds to the literature by providing an examination of the association between partner violence and contraceptive use in a nationally representative sample of married women in Bangladesh, where some 24% of national samples of women report IPV. The study is a secondary data analysis of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007 with a sample of 4,467 women aged 15–49 years. Significant main effects were observed for partner violence: The probability of using contraceptives was 9% higher for women who reported partner violence compared with women who did not. Additionally, women were more likely to use contraceptives when they had children under the age of five and were employed. Policy and practice implications for social work are discussed. Key Practitioner Message: • To understand how intimate partner violence may increase the odds of contraceptive use as a way of “help seeking”; • To understand the implications of contraceptive use in a Muslim majority population; • To provide policy suggestions for bundling services for intimate partner violence with reproductive health services.

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“…In urban areas, opportunities to participate in paid employment are far greater than in rural areas, and a number of studies have explored the implications of these activities for household power relations. For example, Amin et al (1997) studied garment factory workers, and argued that women have gained a new role and life stage when they participate in this type of employment prior to marriage. They found evidence of increased independence and access to important networks of information and support among these workers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Factors affecting nutritional status in female adults in Dhaka slums, Bangladesh

Pryer¹,

Rogers

Rahman³

2003

Biodemography and Social Biology

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This study looks at women from the slums in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, where 54 percent of women's BMI was less than 18.5. Fifty percent of the Dhaka slum population lived below the poverty line. Logistic regression showed that women with income above 1,500 taka per capita were 1.78 times more likely to have a higher BMI (odds ratio 1.7863; CI = 0.671-3.639). Women with their own savings were 1.89 times more likely to have higher BMI (odds ratio 1.879; CI = 0.01163-1.6431). Women were 4.5 times more likely to have a higher BMI when food expenditure per capita above 559 taka per month (odds ratio 4.55; CI = 1.0302-8.0799). Women were 1.82 times more likely to have higher BMI when there was a break even situation in financial status (odds ratio 1.8212; CI = -015709-3.6285). Female headed households were 3.3 times more likely to have a higher BMI compared to women living in male headed households (odds ratio 3.2966; CI = 0.33711-6.25620). Women who work 15-23 days per month were 2.3 times more likely to have a higher BMI (odds ratio 2.33; CI = 0.1133-4.5600). Women who are the budget manager are 1.12 times more likely to have a higher BMI (odds ratio 1.125; CI = 0.29296-2.0966). Where as a husband who beats his wife is 1.83 more likely to have a poorer BMI (odds ratio 1.8312; CI = -3.72596-0.17508). Women who have no marriage documents and women who take days off due to illness less than 11 days per month were more likely to have a poorer BMI (odds ratio 0.5567; CI = -0.049339-2.8379; odds ratio 0.7569; CI = 0.183167-2.0002).Women's nutritional status and well being can influence their ability to provide for themselves and their families and the demonstration of a relationship between measures of women's autonomy and control in the household and women's nutritional status is an important indication of the importance of these sociological constructs. Women's participation in work outside the home may be a factor increasing their autonomy. The identification of relationships between women's autonomy and control and their physical well being should provide further leverage for policy change that will enable women to escape some traditional roles and to contribute as more equal partners with men in the future of Bangladeshi society.

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Transition to adulthood of female factory workers: Some evidence from Bangladesh

Cited by 29 publications

References 21 publications

Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity?

Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity?

Intimate partner violence and use of contraceptives in Bangladesh: Results from a national sample

Factors affecting nutritional status in female adults in Dhaka slums, Bangladesh

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