| Human rights and religious backlash: The experience of a Bangladeshi NGO |
| M Rafi, AMR Chowdhury |
| Vol - 10 Issue - 1 August - 2000 |
| Development In Practice |
| As part of a human rights education campaign, the Brac fixed 700,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlash and sets out strategies for how development organisations can achieve their objectives in the face of opposition... |
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| Anaemia among non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh |
| SM Ziauddin Hyder, LA Persson, AMR Chowdhury and EC Ekstrom |
| Vol - 4 Issue - 1 August - 2000 |
| Public Health Nutrition |
| This paper estimates the prevalence and severity of anaemia among non-pregnant women in rural Bangladesh and describe its social distribution. A cross-sectional study conducted in February-March 1996. Haemoglobin concentration was measured on a capillary blood sample by cyanmethaemoglobin method. The World Health Organization (WHO) classification was used to define anaemia.... |
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| Gender, socio-economic development and health seeking behaviour in Bangladesh |
| Syed Masud Ahmed, A Adams, AMR Chowdhury, Abbas Bhuiya |
| Vol - 51 Issue - 3 August - 2000 |
| Social Science and Medicine |
| In efforts to reduce gender and socioeconomic disparities in the health of populations, the provision of medical services alone is clearly inadequate. While socioeconomic development is assumed important in rectifying gender and socioeconomic inequities in health care access, service use and ultimately, outcomes, empirical evidence of its impact is limited..... |
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| Prevalence and Correlates of the Risk of Marital Sexual Violence in Bangladesh |
| Abdullahel Hadi |
| Vol - 15 Issue - 8 August - 2000 |
| Journal of Interpersonal Violence |
| Sexual violence against women has never been new in history. What is new in the developmental literature is the discovery that this kind of act is wrong and has direct impact on women's health. Using data from a nationally representative sample, this article attempts to improve our understanding about the prevalence and determinants of sexual violence within marriage in Bangladesh.... |
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| Role of education in reducing child labour: Evidence from rural Bangladesh |
| Samir R Nath, Abdullahel Hadi |
| Vol - 32 July - 2000 |
| Journal of Biosocial Science |
| This paper explores the hypothesis that the level of education of children and their parents plays a major role in reducing child labour. Data were generated from a sample survey of 3809 children aged 10–14 years living in 150 villages in two rural districts of Bangladesh. A significant inverse relationship was found between child labour and years of schooling.... |
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| Providing sex education to Rural Adolescents in Bangladesh: Experiences from BRAC |
| Sabina Faiz Rashid |
| Vol - 8 Issue - 2 July - 2000 |
| Gender and Development |
| The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) set up an Adolescent Reproductive Health Education (ARHE) programme in 1995, to provide reproductive health knowledge to adolescents in rural areas. New ideas and information are breaking the silence and shame about ‘sensitive’ topics, and proving a positive influence on the relationships between adolescents and their parents, teachers, and amongst adolescents themselves.... |
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| Providing Sex Education to Rural Adolescents in Bangladesh: Experiences from BRAC |
| Sabina Faiz Rashid |
| Vol - 8 Issue - 2 July - 2000 |
| Gender and Development |
| This article explores the perceptions of adolescents as they face psychological and social changes, the programme results of ARHE, and the factors that influence community acceptance of the programme.... |
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| Female Adolescents and their sexuality: notions of honor, shame, purity and pollution during the floods |
| Sabina F Rashid, S Michaud |
| Vol - 24 Issue - 1 March - 2000 |
| Disasters |
| This paper explores the experiences of female adolescents during the 1998 floods in Bangladesh, focusing on the implications of socio-cultural norms related to notions of honour, shame, purity and pollution. These cultural notions are reinforced with greater emphasis as girls enter their adolescence, regulating their sexuality and gender relationships.... |
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| Community Participation in Improving Non-Formal Primary Education in Bangladesh: A BRAC Experience |
| M Altaf Hossain |
| Vol - 4 Issue - 2 December - 1999 |
| ANTRIEP Newsletter |
Illiteracy in Bangladesh is widespread. The school performance in rural Bangladesh is poor: about onethird of the poorest children never attend school,
and less than half of the children who enter primary school, pass through the system uninterrupted.... |
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| Level, pattern and socio-economic determinants of enrolment in formal schools of the graduates of BRAC’s non-formal schools |
| Samir R Nath |
| Vol - 15 Issue - 3 September - 1999 |
| Perspectives in Education |
| BRAC has been operating two models of primary education for the children of poor households in Bangladesh since 1985. After completing three-year curricula in BRAC schools, these children enrol in formal schools for further education. This study identified the level, pattern and determinants of enrolment in formal schools of the graduates of BRAC’s education programme.... |
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