Breaking new ground: livelihood choices, opportunities and tradeoffs for women and girls in rural Bangladesh
2004
S Gibson | S. Mahmud | K. Toufique | K. Turtonic
This report discusses the type and nature of changes that Bangladeshi rural women and girls perceive as the most important. The report, based on field analysis, finds that women and girls are participating in and in many cases driving changes in rural areas of Bangladesh.The report highlights the fact that significant changes are taking place in rural life throughout Bangladesh. These changes include the rise in importance of non-farm work and the increasing urbanisation of rural life.The report finds that more women are working for pay, especially the poor women, even though the work is often insecure and seasonal. Such work often entails post-harvest work, road construction and domestic services. The author states that the opportunity for more women to undertake paid work is a positive one on the whole.With regard to education, the report finds that a positive change for young and adolescent girls has been the introduction of the cash for school and stipend programmes. It is also widely perceived that empowerment through education is a key factor in rural development.The report outlines a series of questions targeted at donors, in particularly the Department for International Development, UK, including:what are the most important development outcomes from a women and girls perspective, and how do these different outcomes relate to one another?what needs to be done to lay the foundation for progressive rural development in 10 years time, when there will be large numbers of educated women in the labour forcewhat role will donors take in working with government and the private sector to improve the participation of women in the trade and services sector.[adapted from author]
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