The Impact of Women Empowerment on Poverty Reduction in Rural Area of Bangladesh: Focusing on Village Development Program
| Main Authors: | Nadim, Showkot Jahan, Nurlukman, Adie Dwiyanto |
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| Other Authors: | Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang |
| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://jurnal.umt.ac.id/index.php/jgs/article/view/444 https://jurnal.umt.ac.id/index.php/jgs/article/view/444/304 |
Daftar Isi:
- Women empowerment is one of the most discussing issues in the present world, especially in the developing country. Bangladesh is one of the developing countries with almost 50% women of it’s total population. In labor force women participation is arround 57.30%, and facing many kinds of obstacles like they have family burden, social burden, religion burden mostly in rural area. Empowerment can be defined by giving power and authority to take decision in every part of life, including household, economic, social, political etc. Women empowerment can be considered as a weapon for alleviating poverty. Since achieving independence, poverty has been dominating in Bangladesh. For alleviating poverty, it is important to take apart by government and non-government organizations. In this regarding that women can play a vital role with those organization. The purpose of the research, to analyze the real effect of women empowerment on poverty reduction and make recommendation for developing the situation.Keywords: Women empowerment, poverty, village development program