Publication: Bangladesh Country Gender Assessment 2021
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2022
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2022
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Moyeen, Sabah
Akter, Marufa
Chowdhury, Samera
Parvin, Sabina
Sethi, Jayati
Suwal, Erisha Singh
Tazrin, Mohsiu Rashedin
Zaman, Sanan Isaba
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This Country Gender Assessment presents key gender issues to be considered for Bangladesh’s desired transformation. The objective of the assessment is to inform the World Bank Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Bangladesh, which is currently being developed. Gender issues are discussed across the four pillars of the World Bank Gender Strategy FY16–23 (World Bank Group 2015). Given the unique challenges emerging from the Displaced Rohingya Population (DRP) influx, gender gap analysis is also conducted for the host community in Cox’s Bazar district. Timely discussion of the impacts of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on women and girls is included as part of the analysis of gender gaps across these five areas. Similarly, the impacts of climate change on women and girls and their potential role in climate adaptation are also discussed across pillars. The Country Gender Assessment serves as a compendium of existing analytical work on gender issues and opportunities by the World Bank, GoB, development partners, academia, and others, including the Bank’s Bangladesh jobs diagnostic and voices to choices report. The executive summary highlights key interlinkages between the barriers to gender equality and the frontier challenges that Bangladesh is facing
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“Moyeen, Sabah; Lonnberg, Tara; Akter, Marufa; Chowdhury, Samera; Parvin, Sabina; Sethi, Jayati; Suwal, Erisha Singh; Tazrin, Mohsiu Rashedin; Zaman, Sanan Isaba. 2022. Bangladesh Country Gender Assessment 2021. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38316 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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