International Women's Day 2004 and Bangladesh

International Women's Day 2005

Since 1975, March 8 has been celebrated as International Women’s Day, "Gender Equality Beyond 2005: Building a More Secure Future” the theme of International Women's Day this year."

Articles/ Reports

Bangladesh MDG Progress Report 2005 Goal-3

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Does Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence from Bangladesh - Mark M. Pitt, Shahidur R. Khandker and Jennifer Cartwright, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2998, March 2003

Women Credit Programs and Family Planning in Rural Bangladesh - Ruhul Amin, Yiping Li and Arshad U. Ahmed, International Family Planning Perspectives 22:158-162, 1996.

WOMEN-LED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT : A CASE STUDY FROM BANGLADESH - P. Sultana, P.M. Thompson and M. Ahmed, ICLARM-The World Fish Center, Malaysia and Bangladesh

WOMEN AT WORK

Facts On Women at Work - International Labor Organization

A Study on Psychological Adjustment of Women Garments Workers in Bangladesh in their New Identities - Afroza Hossain Rahman

WOMEN HEALTH

Childbearing and Women's Survival: New Evidence from Rural Bangladesh - Jane Menken, Linda Duffy and Randall Kuhn, INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, Population Aging Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO 80309-0483, Working Paper PAC2002-0003, 2002.
Women’s Health and Development Related Indicators - Women of South-East Asia : A HEALTH PROFILE, Regional Publications SEARO No. 34. and Development Related Indicators

ACID BURNS

Acid Attacks: Bangladesh's Efforts to Stop the Violence -
Jordan Swanson, Harvard Health Policy Review Archives, Spring 2002; Vol 3, No 1. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Endnote.
ACID BURNS IN BANGLADESH - Bari Md. Shahidul, Choudhury Md. Iqbal Mahmud, Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XIV - n. 3 - september 2001.

HIV/AIDS

Women and HIV/AIDS: Advocacy, Prevention and Empowerment : Backgrounder - Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information – DPI/2343 – February 2004

Bangladesh HIV/AIDS Brief - The World Bank Group, October 2003.
HIV/AIDS in South Asia: A Threat to Discover - The World Bank Group, November 2003.
HIV/AIDS and Gender Equality: Gender & Development Briefing Notes - The World Bank Group, July 2003.

RAVAGING THE VULNERABLE: Abuses Against Persons at High Risk of HIV Infection in Bangladesh - Human Rights Watch, August 2003, Vol. 15, No. 6 (C)

Women becoming more vulnerable to HIV: Experts
Sabrina Karim Murshed, The Daily Star, Vol. 4 Num 276, March 7, 2004.

WOMEN TRAFFICKING

Movement Against Flesh Trade : Extracts from Reports by Bangladesh National Women Lawyer Association

COUNTRY REPORTS

Country Briefing Paper : WOMEN IN BANGLADESH, ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, Programs Department (West), August 2001

STATE OF WOMEN IN URBAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BANGLADESH http://www.capwip.org/readingroom/bangladesh.pdf,11/02/02

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ACID BURNS IN BANGLADESH - Bari Md. Shahidul, Choudhury Md. Iqbal Mahmud, Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters - vol. XIV - n. 3 - september 2001.