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Women in Bangladesh Local Government: Critically Evaluating Their Participation and Empowerment
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Author(s): Md. Mostafizur Rahman Khan (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh)and Fardaus Ara (University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 20
Source title:
Revealing Gender Inequalities and Perceptions in South Asian Countries through Discourse Analysis
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Nazmunnessa Mahtab (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Sara Parker (John Moores University, UK), Farah Kabir (Action Aid, Bangladesh), Tania Haque (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Aditi Sabur (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)and Abu Saleh Mohammad Sowad (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0279-1.ch005
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Abstract
The Governments of Bangladesh have announced various policies and programs to empower women. The Local Government (Union Parishad) Second Amendment Act 1997 of Bangladesh is such an initiative which creates the provision of one third reserve seats for women in the local government bodies to be elected directly by the voters. This law creates new opportunities and enable women to step-in into the elective positions of grass-roots level local government and to raise their voices and influence the decisions taken in the Union Parishad. The study finds that the elected women members seriously lack material, human, and social resources required to be able or empowered enough to influence decisions at the Union Parishad.
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