Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming

During the past two decades, Bangladesh has made considerable progress in development, sustaining high rates of economic growth and reducing poverty rates by nine percent between 2000 and 2005. This report aims to contribute to reducing malnutrition in Bangladesh through a better understanding of gender-nutrition linkages. It is also part of a larger effort on multisectoral approaches to improving nutrition. The report takes as its starting point, the hypothesis that gender inequality in Bangladesh is instrumental in shaping nutrition outcomes. This study has demonstrated that gender and nutrition are intimately associated and that there are strong linkages between women's status and both their own, and their children's nutritional status.

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-07
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ADULT EDUCATION, CHILD EDUCATION, CHILDBEARING, DEMAND FOR EDUCATION, DEMAND FOR GIRLS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISEASES, DIVORCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATED WOMEN, EDUCATION FOR GIRLS, EDUCATION OF GIRLS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, EMPOWERMENT, EQUAL EDUCATION, EQUALITY IN EDUCATION, EQUALITY IN MARRIAGE, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXPOSURE TO INFORMATION, FAMILIAL ROLES, FAMILIES, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, FEMALES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY BEHAVIOR, FERTILITY PREFERENCES, FERTILITY RATE, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, GENDER, GENDER & SOCIETY, GENDER ASSESSMENT, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION, GENDER GAP, GENDER IDEOLOGY, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER NORMS, GIRL CHILDREN, GIRLS, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES, HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, HEALTH CARE, HOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOURNAL OF MARRIAGE, KINSHIP, KINSHIP STRUCTURE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOUR FORCE, LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOUR MARKET, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, MARITAL RELATIONSHIP, MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS, MARRIAGES, MARRIED MALE, MARRIED MEN, MARRIED WOMEN, MIDDLE EAST, MIGRANTS, MORTALITY, MORTALITY DECLINE, MOTHER, MUSLIM WOMEN, OLD AGE, OLDER WOMEN, OPINION LEADERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, POPULATION COUNCIL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PROGRESS, QUALITY CARE, QUALITY EDUCATION, RADIO, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, REPRODUCTIVE DECISION, RESIDENCE, RESPECT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATIONS, SANITATION, SANITATION FACILITIES, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SEX, SEX PREFERENCES, SEX ROLE, SEX ROLES, SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL INEQUALITY, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, SOCIAL STATUS, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SOCIETAL NORMS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, SON PREFERENCE, SOUTH ASIAN, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, STD, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TELEVISION, UPBRINGING, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WIFE, WILL, WIVES, WOMAN, WOMEN IN EDUCATION, WOMEN'S STATUS, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG WOMEN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16270714/understanding-dynamics-gender-nutrition-bangladesh-implications-policy-programming https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12455
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