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 malnutritio...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
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
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spelling	okr-10986-124552021-04-23T14:03:01Z Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming World Bank 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 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. 2013-02-22T18:19:39Z 2013-02-22T18:19:39Z 2010-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16270714/understanding-dynamics-gender-nutrition-bangladesh-implications-policy-programming http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12455 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Country Gender Assessment (CGA) Economic & Sector Work South Asia Bangladesh
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 World Bank Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
geographic_facet	South Asia Bangladesh
description	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.
format	Economic & Sector Work :: Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
author	World Bank
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author_sort	World Bank
title	Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
title_short	Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
title_full	Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
title_fullStr	Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
title_full_unstemmed	Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming
title_sort	understanding the dynamics of gender and nutrition in bangladesh : implications for policy and programming
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/07/16270714/understanding-dynamics-gender-nutrition-bangladesh-implications-policy-programming http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12455
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Understanding the Dynamics of Gender and Nutrition in Bangladesh : Implications for Policy and Programming

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