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Women in Bangladesh remain particularly vulnerable to living in poverty. Socially prescribed roles have limited women’s access to economic resources. Gender action plan is redressing existing gender inequalities and re-defining women’s and men’s gender roles and relations through guidance on gender mainstreaming. Main objective of gender action plan is creation of equal opportunity for women in social and economic activities. Thus, women's employment opportunities increased significantly, allowing for an improvement in the family's income level and contributing significantly to family expenses. Along with the increase in family income, women's social choices have increased with the globalization phenomenon. All out efforts, both by public and private sectors, have to be pursued to increase labor force participation by eligible women folk as the women participation is yet very low in Bangladesh which is 36.3 percent (world average is 48 percent). Gender equality is an important aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal-5 especially emphasizes on gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls. This goal encourages for adopting and strengthening sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels. Government and Non-Government strategy will focus on the empowerment of women and on narrowing gender gaps through a two-pronged approach combining gender mainstreaming in all activities with complementary specific initiatives to address persistent structural constraints faced by women. |
