Browsing by Subject "Gender"
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An Arab EFL context: does variance in anxiety and motivation across gender impact language attainment?
(© 2013 Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture, 2013-06)This study proposes to investigate whether mixed classes are a de-motivating influence and increase anxiety levels and causes variance in performance between males and females. The researchers’ observation and documentary ... -
Demystifying the workers’ ratio of export oriented RMG Factories in Bangladesh: Perspective from Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB)
(Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), Brac University, 2020-12-12)While it has been widely acknowledged that female workers account for 80% of the garments industry’s workforce in Bangladesh, there are also a number of studies and surveys that marked that have estimated different male ... -
Depiction of gender in ELT textbooks: gender stereotyping in language and its effect on secondary level students
(BRAC University, 2018-08)The paper discussed gender stereotyping in ELT textbooks which can be constituted as one of the most significant issues for gender and language research. Through the study conducted for this paper, the portrayal of gender ... -
Determination of symptom association with COVID-19
(Brac University, 2022-05)SARS-CoV-2 is the ninth known coronavirus that infects people and the seventh discovered in the previous 20 years. Coronaviruses have long been suspected of posing a significant pandemic danger. COVID-19 reveals a wide ... -
Differences in men and women’s language: A case study of soap commercials
(Brac University, 2023-01)In current society, the differences between men and women are particularly noticeable. We very clearly distinguish between men and women. Men and women have distinct physical characteristics, but there are also other ... -
Discourse of gender: conflicting ideologies vs. social policies
(BRAC University, 2004)It is undeniable the influence that ‘ideology’ has in shaping our thoughts and how we perceive the world at large, as is undeniable the significant role it plays in maintaining the balance of power in a society. It may ... -
Does paid work provide a pathway to women's empowerment? Empirical findings from Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2011-07)The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while ... -
Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? Empirical findings from Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ... -
Does paid work provide a pathway to women’s empowerment? empirical findings from Bangladesh
(Institute of Development Studies, 2011-09)The debate about the relationship between paid work and women’s position within the family and society is a long-standing one. Some argue that women’s integration into the market is the key to their empowerment while others ... -
Enrollment at primary level: gender difference disappears in Bangladesh
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1999-12)In the recent past, there has been a number of new initiatives to improve the access to primary education in many developing countries. Such initiatives, which came from the public, private and non-governmental (NGO) ... -
Enrolment at primary level: gender difference disappears in Bangladesh
(International Journal of Educational Development, 2002-03)In the recent past, there have been a number of new initiatives to improve the access to primary education in many developing countries. Such initiatives, which came from the public, private and non-governmental (NGO) ... -
“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
(Science Direct, 2015-11)Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation ... -
Gajar Nouka”: an exploratory look into Dhaka middle class’ youth’s relationship to cannabis use
(Brac University, 2018-12)This thesis explores cannabis use among people who are in the age group of 18-30 years old and self-identifying to be of the middle class, based in Dhaka. It places cannabis use in a broader light of the local political ... -
Gender and environment framework/ agenda
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Gender and good governance issues in local government of Bangladesh: a baseline report
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-12)The study mainly describes the pre-intervention situation of women leadership capacity in local government system of Bangladesh. Data came from the 16 upazilas (sub-district) of 4 districts in Khulna division, where the ... -
Gender gap in access to financial services drop to 4 percentage points
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Gender inequality in the distribution of household expenditure in Bangladesh: a theil decompositon analysis
(BRAC University, 2007)This paper attempts to study the gender inequality situation in Bangladesh during 1995-96 through examining the effect the gender of a household head and their marital status has on the per capita household expenditure. ... -
Gender relations in super shops at Dhaka: experience of women sales associates
(Brac University, 2023-07)"This study aims to explore the evolving role of women in the retail sector of Bangladesh, specifically as sales associates or representatives, and the impact of gender dynamics on their position within the industry. While ... -
Gendered marginalization of disabled bodies: understanding 'marginalization' as (perhaps) the most dangerous form of oppression
(BRAC University, 2005)The essay applies Iris Marion Young's discussion of marginalization as a form of oppression suffered differentially by specific social groups, in relation to women with disabilities. It draws on Young's frame, which ... -
Gendered politics of inclusive development
(BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2014-05)Political settlement frameworks are gender blind. In this paper, we interrogate the nature of gendered political settlements through analyzing selected country cases studies of the gendered nature of political and policy-making ...
