Research and Analysis

Our Research and experimental development is formal work undertaken systematically to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity,  our attitude to women,  problems of women, culture and society, economics and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems and find out solutions. The major steps in conducting our research are:

• Identification of research problem
• Literature review
• Specifying the purpose of research
• Determine specific research questions or hypotheses
• Data collection
• Analyzing and interpreting the data
• Reporting and evaluating research

Although we always do not follow the above procedure to complete a research work or do not present reports over research, but our objectives and tasks of research  about women mean the same. The steps generally represent the overall process, however they should be viewed as an ever-changing process rather than a fixed set of steps.

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Deprived Women in Bangladesh

Changes in land-population patterns in rural areas are having an impact on gender relations
and on the position of women throughout Bangladesh.
 

First, the continuing fragmentation of holdings is leading to fewer households being constituted in the form of the extended family. This is associated with a loss of security for women from the family network and with reduction in the scope for sharing household tasks. Concurrently, women’s normative entitlements to social support beyond the family are weakening. Thus women are becoming more vulnerable to extreme poverty and destitution.

Second, women’s work possibilities outside the homestead have declined: The increase
observed in women’s involvement in field wage labour is outweighed by technological
displacement of paddy husking, rice milling and other work. Inside the household, women’s
work is of increasingly low productivity among the poorest deciles as the asset base of more
households declines.

The recent rise of the (unIslamic) dowry based marriage system is a manifestation of these changes. It signifies that women are increasingly seen as an economic burden by both ‘wife-giving and ‘wife-receiving’ families. It also contributes to further rural differentiation: richer families are able to profit from loaning dowry money to poorer households and claim their assets on default.

Growing numbers of the rural poor are therefore migrating to urban slums. Urban poverty,
particularly of female-headed households, deserves much more analytical and policy
attention, even though it runs counter to the main thrust of Government policy to reduce
rural-urban migration. In urban settings, women are in a no-win situation. Household prosperity enables men to put their women into purdah and claim social credit thereby, but where household poverty and distress drive women to seek outside wage employment, it is they who suffer social opprobrium and loss of status, because it involves the breaking of purdah. The intensification of Islamist forces exacerbates this problem.

Source: Bridge Development Gender

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Deceived Hindu Girl of Fradulent Muslim Conversion & Marriage

Deceived Hindu Girl moving on the street for justice because Muslim boy married her with fraudulent means and also on false personification in Khulna-Bangladesh

Bangladesh Minority Rights Watch (BMRW)
Khulna Bureau

Lucky @ Sharmeen (18) became victim of fraudulent conversion roaming in the street due to delusive marriage. Lucky facing continuous atrocities on her life from her Muslim husband and his family, on the other hand she was outcaste by Hindu family because she married Muslim. There is no way open for her only suicide. Lucky described her sorrowful events with grief and anger at the Press Club in Khulna recently.

Lucky informed press that there was acquaintance with Shahidul Mollah (24) son of Abdus Sattar while she was student of Shealipara Vocational Institute at Rupsha Sub District of Khulna District in the year, 2007. The cunning Shahidul Mollah introduced her as Hindu name Emon Biswas son of Ratan Biswas. Sometimes past there established love affairs between them. Since after one year Shahidul Mollah reintroduced her as Muslim and proposed Lucky to become Muslim for marry. There was at that material time Lucky had no other alternative or return back rather than conceding to his trap in a tricky game.

Lucky Chakladar (Real name) on 31 May, 2009 made an affidavit of marriage with Shahidul Mollah before the Notary Public of Khulna and embraced Islam. On the contrary Sarat Chandra Chakladar – father of victim boycotted and outcast Lucky Chakladar because of her conversion to Islam.

Soon after such marriage of two months Shahidul Mollah and his family members started physical torture and oppression upon Lucky for dowry. At one stage Lucky tried to commit suicide due to unbearable physical torture on her.

Lucky having been physically and mentally tortured by husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law of her joint family, filed a complaint (FIR) in the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate –Khulna against husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law for alleged offences, but of no use.

As a result atrocities against Lucky started in full swing and she registered general diary entry at Sonadanga Police station on 5th August, 5th October and 20th October, 09 respectively for her protection and security.

She also made appeal to Women’s’ Lawyers Association ( Mohila Ainjibi Samitee) for her legal help, but she did not receive any legal assistance and remedy there from.

The local influential also failed to negotiate and settle this matter amicably between them through arbitration.

Source: Violence is not our culture

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