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  • Abdin, Md. Joynal (2008) Women Empowerment in Bangladesh; Available at website of Social
    Science Research Network (SSRN).
  • Afza, Syeda Rownak and Mohammad Khaleq Newaz (2008) Factors determining the presence of
    glass ceiling and influencing women career advancement in Bangladesh; BRAC University
    Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 85-92.
  • Ahmed, Shaila and S. Nahar (2008) Contraceptive Prevalence among Adolescent Married
    Women in Rural Bangladesh; Mymensingh Medical Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 42-45.
  • Alam, Khurshid; Naureen Fatema; and Wahida Bashar Ahmed (2008) Case Study: Gender,
    Human Security and Climate Change in Bangladesh; in: The Women’s Environment and
    Development Organization (WEDO) with ABANTU for Development in Ghana; ActionAid
    Bangladesh; and ENDA in Senegal (eds.) Gender, Climate Change and Human Security --
    Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal (Dhaka: The Women's Environment and
    Development Organization (WEDO), pp. 47-59.
  • Alam, Mohammad Didarul (2008) HIV/AIDS prevention among sex workers: A case study of sex
    worker interventions of National AIDS STD Programme (NASP) from a gender perspective; in:
    Malcolm MacLachlan, Stuart C. Carr, and Ishbel McWha (eds.) Interdisciplinary Research for
    Development: A Workbook on Content and Process Challenges (New Delhi: Global Development
    Network), pp. 86-93.
  • Armendariz, Beatriz and Nigel Roome (2008) Empowering women via microfinance in fragile
    states; Brussels, Belgium: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Business School, Centre Emile
    Bernheim (CEB), CEB Working Paper No. 08/001 (January).
  • Armendariz, Beatriz and Nigel Roome (2008) Gender Empowerment in Microfinance; in: Suresh
    Sundaresan (ed.) Microfinance - Emerging Trends and Challenges (Cheltenham, UK and
    Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar), Chapter 6.
  • Asling Monemi, Kajsa; Ruchira Tabassum Naved; and Lars Ake Persson (2008) Violence
    against women and the risk of under-five mortality: analysis of community-based data from rural
    Bangladesh; Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 97, No. 2 (February), pp. 226-232.
  • Basu, Kaushik (2009) Women’s Empowerment and the Labor Supply; Paper presented at the
    Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) 2009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco (January 3-5).
  • Begum, Anwara (2008) Magical shadows: women in the Bangladeshi media; New Delhi, India:
    South Asian Publishers.
  • Begum, Rashida and Runa Laila (2008) Health Seeking Behavior Versus Reproductive Health
    Care of Rural Women of Reproductive Age (15yr-49yr) in Bangladesh; Paper presented at the
    Conference on "Bangladesh in the 21st Century" at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 13-
    14, 2008).
  • Bhandari, Amit; Nang Mo Hom; Sabina Rashid; and Sally Theobald (2008) Experiences of
    abortion in Nepal and menstrual regulation in Bangladesh: a gender analysis; Gender and
    Development, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 257-272.
  • Bhuiya, Abbas; S. M. A. Hanifi; and Shehrin Shaila Mahmood (2008) Action Monitoring for Equity
    and Gender in Health; Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 378-383.
  • Chowdhury, Elora H. (2008) Challenges for the Women's Movement in Bangladesh: Engaging
    Development, Religion and NGO Politics; Paper presented at the Conference on "Bangladesh in
    the 21st Century" at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 13-14, 2008).
  • Chowdhury, Najma (2008) Lessons on Women's Political Leadership from Bangladesh; Signs,
    Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 8-15.
  • Chowdhury, Nusrat Jahan (2008) A journey towards development: the impact of local NGO
    programmes on women living in the char lands of Bangladesh; Development in Practice, Vol. 18,
    No. 1, pp. 117-124.
  • Gazi, Rukhsana; Ziaul Haque Chowdhury; and S. M. Nurul Alam (2008) Internalization of Women
    and Child Trafficking in Bangladesh: Local Dynamics, Underlying Push and Pull Factors; South
    Asian Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 135-148.
  • Goni, Abdul (2008) The Effect of Women’s Education and Some Socio-Economic Variables on
    Fertility and Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh: A District Level Analysis; Pakistan Journal of
    Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 639-647.
  • Grimard, Franque and Vivek Prakash (2008) Helping Poor Women's Health: an evaluation of a
    microcredit program targeted at the poorest in Bangladesh; Paper presented at the 42nd Annual
    Meeting of Canadian Economic Association (CEA) in Vancouver (June 6-9).
  • Guhathakurta, Meghna (2008) Globalization, Class and Gender Relations: The shrimp industry in
    southwestern Bangladesh; Development, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 212-219.
  • Haque, Md. Reazul forthcoming; Situational Analysis of Gender and Governance in Bangladesh:
    A Femocracts Perspective; Dhaka, Bangladesh: University of Dhaka, Department of
    Development Studies, Annual Report on Governance (forthcoming).
  • Hoque, Mahmuda and Yoshihito Itohara (2008) Participation and Decision Making Role of Rural
    Women in Economic Activities: A Comparative Study for Members and Non-Members of the
    Micro-Credit Organizations in Bangladesh; Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 229-236.
  • Huq, Maimuna (2008) Reading the Qur'an in Bangladesh: The Politics of `Belief' Among Islamist
    Women; Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2/3, pp. 457-488.
  • Ikeda, Keiko (2009) How women's concerns are shaped in community-based disaster risk
    management in Bangladesh; Contemporary South Asia, Vol. 17, No. 1 (March), pp. 65-78.
  • Islam, Md. Saidul (2008) From Sea to Shrimp Processing Factories in Bangladesh: Gender and
    Employment at the Bottom of a Global Commodity Chain; Journal of South Asian Development,
    Vol. , Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 211-236.
  • Jahan, Rounaq (2008) Engendering Democracy in Bangladesh; Dhaka, Bangladesh: UNDP
    Bangladesh, Policy Dialogue, No. 31 (19th February).
  • Khan, Farida C. (2008) Comparing Women's Work Climate in NGOs, Private Firms and the
    Public Sector; Paper presented at the Conference on "Bangladesh in the 21st Century" at
    Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (June 13-14, 2008).
  • Khatun, Fahmida; Mustafizur Rahman; Debapriya Bhattacharya; and Khondaker Golam Moazzem
    (2008) Gender and Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh: The Case of the Ready-Made Garments;
    Dhaka, Bangladesh: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) (February).
  • Kumar, M. Suresh and Mukta Sharma (2008) Women and Substance Use in India and
    Bangladesh; Substance Use and Misuse, Vol. 43, No. 8-9, pp. 1062-1077.
  • Lee, Vanessa; Faruk Ahmed; Shoko Wada; Tahmeed Ahmed; A. M. Shamsir Ahmed; Cadi
    Parvin Banu; and Nasima Akhter (2008) Extent of vitamin A deficiency among rural pregnant
    women in Bangladesh; Public Health Nutrition, Vol. 11, No. 12, pp. 1326-1331.
  • Lindberg, A. L.; Ekstrom, E. C.; Nermell, B.; Rahman, M.; Lonnerdal, B.; Persson, L. A.; and M.
    Vahter (2008) Gender and age differences in the metabolism of inorganic arsenic in a highly
    exposed population in Bangladesh; Environmental Research, Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 110-120.
  • Mahtab, H. and S. H. Habib (2009) Social and economic consequences of diabetes in women
    from low-income countries: A case study from Bangladesh         | International Journal of
    Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vol. 104, Supplement, pp. S14-S16.
  • Mookherjee, Nayanika (2008) Gendered embodiments: mapping the body-politic of the raped
    woman and the nation in Bangladesh; Feminist Review, Issue 88, pp. 36-53.
  • Nasreen, Mahbuba (2008) Impact of Climate Change on Food Security in Bangladesh: Gender
    and Disaster Perspectives; Presentation made at the International Symposium on Climate
    Change and Food Security in South Asia in Dhaka (August 25-29).
  • Naved, Ruchira Tabassum and Lars Persson (2008) Factors Associated with Physical Spousal
    Abuse of Women During Pregnancy in Bangladesh; International Family Planning Perspectives,
    Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 71-78.
  • Naved, Ruchira Tabassum and Nazneen Akhtar (2008) Spousal Violence Against Women and
    Suicidal Ideation in Bangladesh; Womens Health Issues, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 442-452.
  • Panday, Pranab Kumar (2008) Representation without Participation: Quotas for Women in
    Bangladesh; International Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 489-512.
  • Parveen, Shahnaj (2008) Access of Rural Women to Productive Resources in Bangladesh;
    International Journal of Rural Studies (IJRS), Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 14-18.
  • Quisumbing, Agnes R. (2008) Women's Status and the Changing Nature of Rural Livelihoods in
    Asia; in: Nurul Islam (ed.) Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia, 2020 Focus No. 15 (Washington,
    DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)), Brief 5 (March).
  • Rahman, Mosiur; Sumaiya Abedin; Kamruzzaman; and Nurul Islam (2008) Women’s
    Empowerment and Reproductive Health: Experience from Chapai Nawabganj District in
    Bangladesh; Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 9, pp. 883-888.
  • Rahman, T. and M. Asaduzzaman (2008) Marital Adjustment and Mental Health of Middle Class
    Married Women of Bangladesh; Indian Psychological Review, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 139-144.
  • Razzaque, Mohammad A. and Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique (2008) Health, Physical
    Activity and Intrahousehold Food Allocation: Revisiting the Evidence of Gender Discrimination; in:
    Abdur Razzaque, Bazlul H. Khondker and Selim Raihan (eds.) Capturing Intra-household
    Distribution and Poverty Incidence: A Study on Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh: University of
    Dhaka, Department of Economics, Bureau of Economic Research).
  • Razzaque, Mohammad A.; Ahsanuzzaman; and Mahbubur Rahman (2008) Intra-household
    Distribution and Women's Bargaining Power: Testing the Unitary Model of Household Behaviour
    using the BER Data; in: Abdur Razzaque, Bazlul H. Khondker and Selim Raihan (eds.) Capturing
    Intra-household Distribution and Poverty Incidence: A Study on Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh:
    University of Dhaka, Department of Economics, Bureau of Economic Research).
  • Razzaque, Mohammad A.; Mohammad Mokammel Karim Toufique; and Mahbub Alam (2008)
    Allocation of Resources on Addictive Goods and Eating-out: The Effect of Women's Bargaining
    Power; in: Abdur Razzaque, Bazlul H. Khondker and Selim Raihan (eds.) Capturing Intra-
    household Distribution and Poverty Incidence: A Study on Bangladesh (Dhaka, Bangladesh:
    University of Dhaka, Department of Economics, Bureau of Economic Research).
  • Roy, Swapan Kumar; F. Bilkes; K. Islam; G. Ara; P. Tanner; I. Wosk; A. S. Rahman; Barnali
    Chakraborty; Saira Parveen Jolly; and Wajiha Khatun (2008) Impact of pilot project of Rural
    Maintenance Programme (RMP) on destitute women: CARE, Bangladesh; Food and Nutrition
    Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 67-75.
  • Saad, Syed (2008) Intra-Household Resource Allocation and Gender-based Returns to Loans in
    Rural Bangladesh; Paper presented at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic
    Association, Washington D. C. (November 20-23, 2008).
  • Schuler, Sidney Ruth and Farzana Islam (2008) Women's Acceptance of Intimate Partner
    Violence within Marriage in Rural Bangladesh; Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 49-
    58.
  • Schuler, Sidney Ruth; Lisa M. Bates; and Farzana Islam (2008) Women's Rights, Domestic
    Violence, and Recourse Seeking in Rural Bangladesh; Violence Against Women, Vol. 14, No. 3,
    pp. 326-345.
  • Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2009) A reversal of educational fortune? Educational gender gaps in
    Bangladesh; Journal of International Development, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 137-155.
  • Shamsuddoha, Mohammad (2009) NGOs and Women: An Evaluative Study on ASA and BRAC
    in Bangladesh; Available at website of Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
  • Shannon, Kate; Zeba Mahmud; Azim Asfia; and Mohammed Ali (2008) The Social and
    Environmental Factors Underlying Maternal Malnutrition in Rural Bangladesh: Implications for
    Reproductive Health and Nutrition Programs; Health Care for Women International, Vol. 29, No. 8-
    9, pp. 826-840.
  • Shehabuddin, Elora (2008) Jamaat-i-Islami in Bangladesh: Women, Democracy and the
    Transformation of Islamist Politics; Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2/3, pp. 577-604.
  • Shehabuddin, Elora (2008) Reshaping the holy : democracy, development, and Muslim women in
    Bangladesh; New York, USA: Columbia University Press.
  • Sievert, Lynnette Leidy; Khurshida Begum; Taniya Sharmeen; Osul Chowdhury; Shanthi
    Muttukrishna; and Gillian Bentley (2008) Patterns of occurrence and concordance between
    subjective and objective hot flashes among Muslim and Hindu women in Sylhet, Bangladesh;
    American Journal of Human Biology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 598-604.
  • Small & Medium Enterprise Foundation (2008) Empowering women entrepreneurs towards a
    shared economic growth : 2nd National SME Women Entrepreneurs Conference (2008) Dhaka,
    Bangladesh: Small & Medium Enterprise Foundation.
  • Sultana, Parvin and Paul M. Thompson (2008) Gender and local floodplain management
    institutions: a case study from Bangladesh; Journal of International Development, Vol. 20, No. 1,
    pp. 53-68.
  • The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) with ABANTU for
    Development in Ghana; ActionAid Bangladesh; and ENDA in Senegal (2008) Gender, Climate
    Change and Human Security -- Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal; Dhaka,
    Bangladesh: The Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) (May).
  • Totten, Samuel (2008) Plight and fate of women during and following genocide; New Brunswick,
    NJ, USA: Transaction Publishers.
  • Uddin, M. E. (2008) Gender and Arrack Drinking among Muslim, Hindu, Santal, and Oraon
    Communities in North-Western Villages of Bangladesh; International Quarterly of Community
    Health Education, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 73-90.
  • World Bank forthcoming; Gender Dimension of Adaptation to Climate Change in Bangladesh;
    Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, Bangladesh Development Series (BDS), forthcoming.
  • World Bank (2008) Whispers to Voices - Gender and Social Transformation in Bangladesh;
    Washington, DC, USA: World Bank, Bangladesh Development Series (BDS), Paper No. 22
    (March).
  • Yusuf, H. K.; A. M. Rahman; F. P. Chowdhury; M. Mohiduzzaman; C. P. Banu; M. A. Sattar; and M.
    N. Islam (2008) Iodine deficiency disorders in Bangladesh, 2004-05: ten years of iodized salt
    intervention brings remarkable achievement in lowering goitre and iodine deficiency among
    children and women; Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 620-628.
Publications of the Moment

Recognizing
International Women's Day
(March 8, 2009)

the BDRC provides
a list of recent developmental publications related to
women and gender issues in Bangladesh