Browsing by Subject "Women's rights--Bangladesh."

Beneficial effects of a woman-focused development programme on child survival: evidence from rural Bangladesh

Bhuiy, Abbas; Chowdhury, Mushtaque (Social Science and Medicine, 2002-11)

This paper reports results from a prospective study of the impact of a woman-focused development programme on child survival in Matlab, a rural area of Bangladesh. The programme was targeted to households owning less than ...

Contribution of retail banking in women empowerment

Zara, Zarin Tasnim (BRAC University, 2018-08-09)

Commercial banks have an essential impact in the monetary advancement of a nation. As a completely operational commercial bank BRAC Bank Limited has developed as a market pioneer in the private banking sector, changing ...

A crisis of rape in Bangladesh: opportunities for faith engagement

Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), Brac University (Brac University, 2021-05)

Widespread sexual violence is a persistent problem in Bangladesh, aggravated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief focuses on the ongoing rape crisis, examining pathways to policy reform. Its underlying premise is ...

Women's bargaining power and extreme poverty - an exploratory study of gendered relations of women in the Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) programme

Nazneen, Sohela; Selim, Nasheeba (BRAC, 2005-11)

Women's control over productive assets: role of credit based development interventions

Huda, Samiha; Mahmud, Simeen (BRAC, 1998)

This paper examines the degree to which participation in BRAC's development intereventions has any impact on women's ownership and control over assets. Information was collected under BRAGICDDR,B joint research project ...