579
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
ARTICLES

Beyond Girls’ Education: Pathways to Women’s Post-Marital Education in Matlab, Bangladesh

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon &

References

  • Abdullah, Tahrunnessa Ahmed and Sondra Zeidenstein. 1982. Village Women of Bangladesh – Prospects for Change: A Study Prepared for the International Labour Office Within the Framework of the World Employment Programme. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Ahmed, Rumana and Nelia Hyndman-Rizk. 2020. “The Higher Education Paradox: Towards Improving Women’s Empowerment, Agency Development and Labour Force Participation in Bangladesh.” Gender and Education 32(4): 447–65.
  • Amin, Sajeda. 1997. “The Poverty–Purdah Trap in Rural Bangladesh: Implications for Women's Roles in the Family.” Development and Change 28(2): 213–33.
  • Amin, Sajeda, M. Niaz Asadullah, Sara Hossain, and Zaki Wahhaj. 2017. “Eradicating Child Marriage in the Commonwealth: Is Investment in Girls’ Education Sufficient?” Round Table 106(2): 221–3.
  • Arends-Kuenning, Mary and Sajeda Amin. 2001. “Women's Capabilities and the Right to Education in Bangladesh.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 15(1): 125–42.
  • Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz and Nazmul Chaudhury. 2009a. “Holy Alliances: Public Subsidies, Islamic High Schools, and Female Schooling in Bangladesh.” Education Economics 17(3): 377–94.
  • Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz and Nazmul Chaudhury. 2009b. “Reverse Gender Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households.” Journal of Development Studies 45(8): 1360–80.
  • Asadullah, M. Niaz, Antonio Savoia, and Wahiduddin Mahmud. 2014. “Paths to Development: Is There a Bangladesh Surprise?” World Development 62: 138–54.
  • Balk, Deborah. 1997. “Defying Gender Norms in Rural Bangladesh: A Social Demographic Analysis.” Population Studies 51(2): 153–72.
  • Bates, Lisa M., Joanna Maselko, and Sidney Ruth Schuler. 2007. “Women's Education and the Timing of Marriage and Childbearing in the Next Generation: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh.” Studies in Family Planning 38(2): 101–12.
  • Biswas, Raaj Kishore, Jahidur Rahman Khan, and Enamul Kabir. 2019. “Trend of Child Marriage in Bangladesh: A Reflection on Significant Socioeconomic Factors.” Children and Youth Services Review 104: 104382.
  • Blunch, Niels-Hugo Das Maitreyi Bordia. 2007. “Changing Norms About Gender Inequality in Education: Evidence from Bangladesh.” Policy Research Working Papers, The World Bank.
  • Buchmann, Claudia, Thomas A. DiPrete, and Anne McDaniel. 2008. “Gender Inequalities in Education.” Annual Review of Sociology 34(1): 319–37.
  • Chanana, Karuna. 2000. “Treading the Hallowed Halls: Women in Higher Education in India.” Economic and Political Weekly 35(12): 1012–22.
  • Chen, Martha Alter. 1983. A Quiet Revolution: Women in Transition in Rural Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Schenkman Publishing Company.
  • Chitrakar, Roshan. 2009. Overcoming Barriers to Girls’ Education in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Analysis. Kathmandu, Nepal: UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia.
  • Chowdhury, Farah Deeba. 2009. “Theorising Patriarchy: The Bangladesh Context.” Asian Journal of Social Science 37(4): 599–622.
  • Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R., Samir Ranjan Nath, and Rasheda K. Choudhury. 2002. “Enrolment at Primary Level: Gender Difference Disappears in Bangladesh.” International Journal of Educational Development 22(2): 191–203.
  • Chowdhury, A. Mushtaque R., Samir Ranjan Nath, and Rasheda K. Choudhury. 2003. “Equity Gains in Bangladesh Primary Education.” International Review of Education 49(6): 601–19.
  • Duflo, Esther. 2012. “Women Empowerment and Economic Development.” Journal of Economic Literature 50(4): 1051–79.
  • Gipson, Jessica D. and Michelle J. Hindin. 2007. “‘Marriage Means Having Children and Forming Your Family, so What is the Need of Discussion?’: Communication and Negotiation of Childbearing Preferences Among Bangladeshi Couples.” Culture, Health and Sexuality 9(2): 185–98.
  • Haque, Md Shahabul. 2018. “The Cause of Low Enrolment of Females in Secondary Education: A Comparative Study Between Bangladesh and Pakistan.” International Journal of Development Research 14(8): 23110–6.
  • Heath, Rachel. 2014. “Women’s Access to Labor Market Opportunities, Control of Household Resources, and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh.” World Development 57: 32–46.
  • Heissler, Karin. 2011. “‘We Are Poor People So What is the Use of Education?'’ Tensions and Contradictions in Girls’ and Boys’ Transitions from School to Work in Rural Bangladesh.” European Journal of Development Research 23(5): 729–44.
  • Hill, M. Anne and Elizabeth King. 1995. “Women's Education and Economic Well-Being.” Feminist Economics 1(2): 21–46.
  • Hossain, Md. Farid and Anwarul Islam. 2015. “Bangladesh Open University Educating People Through Distance Mode.” International Journal of Educational Studies 2: 37–43.
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. 2016. “Health and Demographic Surveillance System – Matlab: Household Socio-Economic Census 2014.” Scientific Report No. 132, Vol. 48, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
  • International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. 2018. “Health and Demographic Surveillance System – Matlab: Registration of Health and Demographic Events 2016.” Vol. 51. Bangladesh: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research.
  • Kabeer, Naila. 1999. “Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment.” Development and Change 30(3): 435–64.
  • Kabeer, Naila.. 2017. “Economic Pathways to Women’s Empowerment and Active Citizenship: What Does The Evidence from Bangladesh Tell Us?” Journal of Development Studies 53(5): 649–63.
  • Khatun, T. 2002. “Gender-Related Development Index For 64 Districts Of Bangladesh.” Paper 19, CPD-UNFPA Programme on Population and Sustainable Development, Dhaka.
  • Komter, Aafke. 1989. “Hidden Power in Marriage.” Gender and Society 3(2): 187–216.
  • Larson, Barbara K. 1991. “Review of Accommodating Protest: Working Women, the New Veiling, and Change in Cairo, Arlene Elowe MacLeod.” Middle East Journal 45(4): 705–6.
  • MacLeod, Arlene. 1993. Accommodating Protest: Working Women and the New Veiling in Cairo. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Mehra, Madhu. 1998. “Exploring the Boundaries of Law, Gender and Social Reform.” Feminist Legal Studies 6(1): 59–83.
  • Munshi, Soumyanetra. 2017. “Arranged Marriage, Education, and Dowry: A Contract-Theoretic Perspective.” Journal of Economic Development 42(1): 35–71.
  • Nahar, Yamun. 2008. “Perspectives of Educated Expatriate Bangladeshi Women about Post-Secondary Education: The Barriers Encountered and the Strategies They Have Employed.” M. Ed., Queen's University, Canada.
  • Nasrin, Sarker Obaida and K. M. Mustafizur Rahman. 2012. “Factors Affecting Early Marriage and Early Conception of Women: A Case of Slum Areas in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh.” International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 4(2): 52–62.
  • National Institute of Population Research and Training. 2009. “Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007.” Mitra and Associates and Macro International and National Institute for Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • National Institute of Population Research and Training, Bangladesh International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, and Data for Impact. 2021. “Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019-20 Final Report.” Dhaka, Bangladesh and Chapel Hill, NC, USA: NIPORT, icddr,b, and Data for Impact.
  • Parveen, Shahnaj. 2007. “Gender Awareness of Rural Women in Bangladesh.” Journal of International Women's Studies 9(1): 253–69.
  • Rahman, Mashiur. 2017. “Determinates of Early Marriage in Bangladesh: An Evidence of the Nationally Representative Survey.” International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 9(1): 1–7.
  • Rahman, Mahfuzur, Nurul Alam, Abdur Razzaque, and Peter Streatfield. 2014. “Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System.” Registration of Health and Demographic Events 2012, 124 ed., Vol. 46: icddr,b.
  • Raj, Anita, Marissa Salazar, Emma C. Jackson, Natalie Wyss, Katherine A. McClendon, Aarushi Khanna, Yemeserach Belayneh, and Lotus McDougal. 2019. “Students and Brides: A Qualitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Girls' Education and Early Marriage in Ethiopia and India.” BMC Public Health 19: 19.
  • Rao, Nitya. 2012. “Breadwinners and Homemakers: Migration and Changing Conjugal Expectations in Rural Bangladesh.” Journal of Development Studies 48(1): 26–40.
  • Sanawar, Saifa Binte, Mohammad Amirul Islam, Shankar Majumder, and Farjana Misu. 2019. “Women’s Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: Investigating the Complex Relationship.” Journal of Biosocial Science 51(2): 188–202.
  • Schuler, Sidney Ruth, Syed M. Hashemi, Ann P. Riley, and Shireen Akhter. 1996. “Credit Programs, Patriarchy and Men’s Violence Against Women in Rural Bangladesh.” Social Science and Medicine 43(12): 1729–42.
  • Schuler, Sidney Ruth and Elisabeth Rottach. 2010. “Women's Empowerment Across Generations in Bangladesh.” Journal of Development Studies 46(3): 379–96.
  • Schurmann, Anna T. 2009. “Review of the Bangladesh Female Secondary School Stipend Project Using a Social Exclusion Framework.” Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 27(4): 505–17.
  • Sen, Amartya. 1990. “Gender and Cooperative Conflicts.” In Persistent Inequalities, edited by Tinker Irene, 123–49. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Shafiq, M. Najeeb. 2009. “A Reversal of Educational Fortune? Educational Gender Gaps in Bangladesh.” Journal of International Development 21(1): 137–55.
  • Shahidul, S. M. 2014. “Parents’ Class Background and Hypergamy in the Marriage Market of Bangladesh: Does the Dowry Affect School Dropout Among Girls?” Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 23(3): 709–15.
  • Singh, Nandita. 2007. “Higher Education for Women in India – Choices and Challenges.” Forum on Public Policy Online 1.
  • Solotaroff, Jennifer, Aphichoke Kotikula, Tara Lonnberg, Snigdha Ali, Rohini P. Pande, and Ferdous Jahan. 2019. Voices to Choices: Bangladesh's Journey in Women's Economic Empowerment. Washington, DC: World Bank.
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2014. Ending Child Marriage: Progress and Prospects. New York: UNICEF.
  • van Grootel, Leonie, Lakshmi Balachandran Nair, Irene Klugkist, and Floryt van Wesel. 2020. “Quantitizing Findings from Qualitative Studies for Integration in Mixed Methods Reviewing.” Research Synthesis Methods 11(3): 413–25.
  • World Bank. 2019. “Educational Attainment, at Least Completed Primary and Post-Secondary, Population 25+ Years.” In Gender Statistics World Bank, edited by World Bank. UNESCO UIS.
  • World Health Organization. 2001. “Putting Women First: Ethical and Safety Recommendations for Research on Domestic Violence Against Women.” Global Programme on Evidence for Health, Policy, Geneva: World Health Organization.
  • Yount, Kathryn M., Yuk Fai Cheong, Stephanie Miedema, and Ruchira T. Naved. 2022. “Development and Validation of the Economic Coercion Scale 36 (ECS-36) in Rural Bangladesh.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 37(13–14): NP10726-57.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.