Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment
This book analyzes advances in women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable improvement, women's economic choices and control remain limited. Female labor force participation rose 10 percentage points between 2003 and 2016, an...
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okr-10986-308812021-04-23T14:05:00Z Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment Solotaroff, Jennifer L. Kotikula, Aphichoke Lonnberg, Tara Ali, Snigdha Pande, Rohini P. Jahan, Ferdous CHILD MARRIAGE ASSETS FINANCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL NORMS MIGRATION ETHNIC MINORITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPOWERMENT EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP WAGES ASSET OWNERSHIP FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION This book analyzes advances in women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable improvement, women's economic choices and control remain limited. Female labor force participation rose 10 percentage points between 2003 and 2016, and the gender wage gap shrank; societal attitudes toward women's land ownership are evolving; and women's financial inclusion and entrepreneurship rates are improving. Women's labor force participation still is less than half that of men, however. Women are confined to a narrower range of occupations—in mostly informal sector jobs—and are still less likely to own land than men. The financial gender gap remains stubbornly large. Women from ethnic and religious minorities face 'double' discrimination on several of these fronts. Stakeholders need to address foundational societal and market barriers, such as sexual and other forms of harassment, mobility constraints, high transactional costs, and lack of formal childcare, while developing accurate gender–disaggregated data to track progress. Despite achieving Millennium Development Goal Target 1 to halve poverty between 1990 and 2015, Bangladesh remains one of the world's poorer countries. Improvements in engaging and empowering women economically—particularly disadvantaged women—is a clear next step in growing the Bangladeshi economy and maintaining progress in poverty reduction and inclusive development. This book provides recommendations and good practices on how to do so. 2018-11-26T21:12:50Z 2018-11-26T21:12:50Z 2019 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780201556610505620/Voices-to-Choices-Bangladeshs-Journey-in-Womens-Economic-Empowerment http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780201556610505620/Voices-to-Choices-Bangladeshs-Journey-in-Womens-Economic-Empowerment 978-1-4648-1374-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30881 English International Development in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia Bangladesh |
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CHILD MARRIAGE ASSETS FINANCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL NORMS MIGRATION ETHNIC MINORITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPOWERMENT EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP WAGES ASSET OWNERSHIP FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION |
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CHILD MARRIAGE ASSETS FINANCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL NORMS MIGRATION ETHNIC MINORITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET DISCRIMINATION GENDER WAGE GAP EMPOWERMENT EMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP WAGES ASSET OWNERSHIP FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION Solotaroff, Jennifer L. Kotikula, Aphichoke Lonnberg, Tara Ali, Snigdha Pande, Rohini P. Jahan, Ferdous Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment |
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This book analyzes advances in women's economic engagement and empowerment in rural and urban Bangladesh. It concludes that despite notable improvement, women's economic choices and control remain limited. Female labor force participation rose 10 percentage points between 2003 and 2016, and the gender wage gap shrank; societal attitudes toward women's land ownership are evolving; and women's financial inclusion and entrepreneurship rates are improving. Women's labor force participation still is less than half that of men, however. Women are confined to a narrower range of occupations—in mostly informal sector jobs—and are still less likely to own land than men. The financial gender gap remains stubbornly large. Women from ethnic and religious minorities face 'double' discrimination on several of these fronts. Stakeholders need to address foundational societal and market barriers, such as sexual and other forms of harassment, mobility constraints, high transactional costs, and lack of formal childcare, while developing accurate gender–disaggregated data to track progress. Despite achieving Millennium Development Goal Target 1 to halve poverty between 1990 and 2015, Bangladesh remains one of the world's poorer countries. Improvements in engaging and empowering women economically—particularly disadvantaged women—is a clear next step in growing the Bangladeshi economy and maintaining progress in poverty reduction and inclusive development. This book provides recommendations and good practices on how to do so. |
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Solotaroff, Jennifer L. Kotikula, Aphichoke Lonnberg, Tara Ali, Snigdha Pande, Rohini P. Jahan, Ferdous |
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Solotaroff, Jennifer L. Kotikula, Aphichoke Lonnberg, Tara Ali, Snigdha Pande, Rohini P. Jahan, Ferdous |
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Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment |
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Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment |
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Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment |
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Voices to Choices : Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment |
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voices to choices : bangladesh's journey in women's economic empowerment |
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