Publication: Exports, Equity, and Empowerment : The Effects Of Readymade Garments Manufacturing Employment On Gender Equality In Bangladesh Bangladesh
Date
2012
ISSN
Published
2012
Author(s)
Hossain, Naomi
Abstract
Bangladesh has become known as something of a success in advancing gender equity since the 1990s. There have been rapid gains in a number of social and economic domains, yet by most objective standards the current condition and status of women and girls within Bangladeshi society remain low. Rapid progress has come about under conditions of mass poverty and interlocking forms of social disadvantage, political instability and under-development, overlain with persistent 'classic' forms of patriarchy. Mass employment of women and girls in the country's flagship export sector - the readymade garments (RMG) sector - has been one of the more visible and prominent changes in women's lives since its late 1970s' introduction.
Citation
“Hossain, Naomi. 2012. Exports, Equity, and Empowerment : The Effects Of Readymade Garments Manufacturing Employment On Gender Equality In Bangladesh Bangladesh. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/db8d6fc1-ebef-58b4-9345-9cb03284d89e License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”