Publication Title : Assessing empowerment of farm women: the case of Barisal Sadar upazila
Publicationed By : Prof Dr Md Kamrul Hasan
Publication Publication Date : 2016-11-18 00:00:00
Publication Online Link : https://www.academia.edu/36410445/Assessing_Empowerment_of_Farm_Women_The_Case_of_Barisal_Sadar_Upazila
Publication Description :
The study was conducted to determine the extent of empowerment of the trained farm women and
also to explore the influential factors of their empowerment status. The study was conducted at 5
villages of Kashipur union in Barisal Sadar upazila in Bangladesh. Data was collected from
randomly selected 114 women from these villages using a pre-tested interview schedule during 2
February to 10 March 2016. The overall empowerment status scores of the farm women ranged
from 28 to 83 against a possible range of 0 to 126. The sampled women had a low-medium level of
empowerment (M = 48.23). Among the five dimensions of empowerment, psychological and
economic empowerment dominated over the other dimensions. Coefficient of correlation showed
that out of 10 selected characteristics of the farm women, education, family education, annual
family income, savings, training experience and communication exposure had positive significant
relationships with their empowerment status.
Non-Financial and Financial Factors Influencing the Mode of Life of the Gher Farmers from the Western Coastal Areas of Bangladesh