Browsing Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) by Author "Nazneen, Sohela"
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Gendered politics of inclusive development
Nazneen, Sohela; Mahmud, Simeen (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 ... -
Men’s perspectives on women’s empowerment and intimate partner violence in rural Bangladesh
Schuler, Sidney Ruth; Lenzi, Rachel; Badal, Shamsul Huda; Nazneen, Sohela (© 2017 Routledge, 6/9/2017)Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence suggests an inverse U-shaped relationship between ... -
Positionality and transformative knowledge in conducting 'feminist' research on empowerment in Bangladesh
Nazneen, Sohela; Sultan, MaheenThis article is based on the experiences and reflections of a group of researchers in Bangladesh (of which we were members) studying women's empowerment. We investigate the kinds of epistemological and ethical dilemmas ... -
The State of Governance Bangladesh 2013
Institute of Governance Studies (BRAC University, 2014-08) -
Violence and the breakdown of the political settlement: An uncertain future for Bangladesh?
Hassan, Mirza; Nazneen, Sohela (Taylor & Francis, 2017-06-15)We explore the dynamics of the elite political settlement in Bangladesh after the democratic transition in 1991 and its impact on the elite interactions in the arena of competitive electoral democracy. We trace the history ... -
Women's representation in the union parishad
Sultan, Maheen; Hasan, Bayazid; Khondaker, Sahida Islam; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Mahmood, Towhid Iqram; Nazneen, Sohela (BRAC University, 2016-07) -
Women’s representation in the Union Parishad: Local Governance Program Sharique-III
Sultan, Maheen; Hasan, Md. Bayazid; Khondaker, Sahida Islam; Enam, Ahmed Asif; Mahmood, Towhid Iqram; Nazneen, Sohela (BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), 2016-07)There is a need for in-depth analysis of women’s experience in local government and their ability to exercise political agency (i.e., what women do, how they exercise power) to negotiate local level politics and various ...