Browsing Publications (Brac Institute of Governance and Development) by Author "Huq, Lopita"
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Diverging Stories of “Missing Women” in South Asia: Is Son Preference Weakening in Bangladesh?
Kabeer, Naila; Huq, Lopita; Mahmud, SimeenABSTRACT: South Asia is a region characterized by a culture of son preference, severe discrimination against daughters, and excess levels of female mortality, leading to what Amartya Sen called the phenomenon of “missing ... -
Paradigm shift or business as usual? workers’ views on multi-stakeholder initiatives in Bangladesh
Kabeer, Naila; Huq, Lopita; Sulaiman, Munshi (Wiley Online Library, 2020-02-24)The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of stakeholders to take action to prevent future ...