7. Introduction
Bangladesh is a developing country
Struggle for modernity
Many indoor and outdoor activities
Facing new challenges
Women are neglected
Enjoy the right
8. Definition
Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality
Means Business
Empowering women to participate fully in
economic life across all sectors is essential to build
stronger economies, achieve internationally agreed
goals for development and sustainability, and
improve the quality of life for women, men,
families and communities.
9. NEED FOR WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT OF BUSINESS
Freedom of Movement
Access to Education
Access to Employment
Domestic Violence
10. Educational Status
Education is one of the basic elements of man to
develop personality, sense of responsibility,
sustaining rights, civic sense and specially
national progress
11. Business
activities
Before NGO
membership
number of
women
After NGO
membership
number of
women
Involved 2(4%) 25(50%)
Not Involved 17(34%) 15(30%)
No Idea 31(62%) 10(20%)
Total 50(100%) 50(100%)
Table: Women involvement in business activities
(before and after getting microcredit NGO
membership)
12. Employment
status
Before NGO
membership
number of
women
After NGO
membership
number of
women
Unemployed 31(62%) 9(18%)
Employed 1(2%) 38(76%)
Workers 18(36%) 3(6%)
Total 50(100%) 50(100%)
Table: Employment status of
(Women before and after getting micro credit
NGO membership)
13. Rights of women:
Article 10. : Steps shall be taken to ensure participation of
women in all spheres of national life.
Article 28(2) : women shall have equal rights with
men in all spheres of the state & of public life.
Article 28(4): Nothing in this article shall prevent the
state from making special provision in favor
14. CONCLUSION:
Women represent half the world’s
population, and gender inequality exists in
every nation on the planet. Until women are
given the same opportunities that men are,
entire societies will be destined to perform
below their true potentials. The greatest
need of the hour is change of social
attitude to women.
