Bangladesh's burgeoning media industry is characterized by an underrepresentation of women in the news media, despite the fact that women have been involved in the profession since the 1800s, editing weekly and monthly publications (Haq 2006). The numbers have risen considerably since, especially ...
This comprehensive guide on Gender Justice shares the various ways and tools in which businesses can promote gender justice, driving inspiration from our global community of Fair Trade Enterprises. read the guide Tags Gender Justice,International Women's Day,Policy Change,Sustainable Production & Consump...
This chapter sets the scene by exploring the motives, methods and magnitudes of gender-biased sex selection (GBSS) drawing from socio-demographic and anthropological research. It starts out by discussing the motives (or reasons) behind GBSS, reviewing ge
and M.B. Das (2014) "Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Paper No. 8365.Blunch, NH, Das, MB (2007). Changing norms about gender inequality in education: evidence from Bangladesh, Policy Research of the World Bank South Asia Region,...
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For years microcredit has been used as a tool to fight both poverty and gender inequality. However, over the years, many researchers have concluded the Microcredit might not be the miraculous solution to these issues.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major reproductive and public health concern, especially in the era of HIV/AIDS. This study examined the relationship between sexual empowerment and STI status of women in union (married or cohabiting) in Ugan
in government, it is the female disinterest in politics that takes the blame; if women are attacked by men, it is once again presented as somehow the woman’s fault. This blaming of women is a handy excuse to avert one’s gaze from the problems of gender inequality; if it can be ...
The impact of gender-related aspects, however, is not negligible. A study conducted in a pediatric Bangladeshi population [22] showed that among patients hospitalized for CAP, a higher proportion of females presented with severe pneumonia as compared to males, with also a fourfold higher death ra...
Here, gender transformative change refers to ‘transforming’ systems that perpetuate inequality and addressing broader structural inequalities in relation to gender and other intersectional issues (Prakash et al., 2022a; Tschakert and Machado, 2012; Singh et al., 2021). For this paper, we ...