Women's empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh

This article explores the changing dimensions of women's empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women's empowerment, and describes findings f...

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Published in:Development in practice 2010-09, Vol.20 (7), p.840-854
Main Authors: Schuler, Sidney Ruth, Islam, Farzana, Rottach, Elisabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bangladesh
Case studies
Development research
Development sciences
Economic resources
Empowerment
Field research
Gender and diversity
Gender differentiation
Homes
Humanitarianism
Husbands
Measurement
Methods
Microcredit
Mothers
Observational research
Personal empowerment
Political change
politics
Poor
Social conditions
South Asia
Surveys
Villages
Women
Women's emancipation
Womens empowerment
Womens rights
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Summary:This article explores the changing dimensions of women's empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of women's empowerment, and describes findings from a recent study in the villages exploring the current salience of indicators developed for a 1992 survey. In the article we discuss the types of social, economic, and political change that affect the measurement of women's empowerment; propose and explain a new set of indicators for the rural Bangladesh setting; and discuss implications for measuring women's empowerment in other settings.
ISSN:0961-4524
1364-9213
1364-9213
DOI:10.1080/09614524.2010.508108