LEADER 03596nam 2200541Ia 450 001 9910438224703321 005 20250609110031.0 010 $a81-322-1272-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-81-322-1272-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000372169 035 $a(EBL)3071413 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000904245 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11556686 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000904245 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10920115 035 $a(PQKB)11749917 035 $a(DE-He213)978-81-322-1272-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1317203 035 $a(PPN)170493792 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3071413 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000372169 100 $a20130314d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWomen's political participation in Bangladesh $einstitutional reforms, actors and outcomes /$fPranab Kumar Panday 210 $aNew Delhi $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a81-322-1271-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Setting the Scene -- Chapter 2: Conceptual Discourses -- Chapter 3: Local Government Reform Efforts: A Perspective of Women?s Political Participation -- Chapter 4: Government and Political Parties in the Reform Process -- Chapter 5: Other Players in the Reform Process: Accessing and Assessing Influence -- Chapter 6: Elected Women Members in the Union Parishad: Representation without Participation -- Chapter 7: Conclusion. 330 $aThis volume offers an understanding of institutional reforms, gender-related policy dynamics, the role of different actors in the policy process, and the impact of a particular policy on the state of women?s political participation in Bangladesh. The discussion is set against the background of the Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995, in Beijing, in which a Platform for Action signed by heads of governments expressed their countries? commitment to achieve ?gender equality and empowerment of women? through ensuring integration of the gender perspective at all levels. In Bangladesh, notable among the initiatives undertaken was the enactment of the Local Government (Union Parishads) (Second Amendment) of 1997, through which one-third of seats were reserved for women in the Union Parishad (UP) and the system of direct election was introduced to elect women members in reserved seats. The Act of 1997 is considered to be a milestone, since it has enhanced women?s participation in the local government politics significantly. Against this background, the specific research questions that have been addressed in this volume include: the necessity of reform for enhancing women?s participation in politics; the context against which the Government of Bangladesh enacted the Act and the reasons such an initiative was not taken earlier; the actors behind the reforms and their role in the reform process; and the impact of the reform on the state of women?s participation at the local level in Bangladesh. 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zBangladesh 606 $aPolitics and culture$zBangladesh 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aPolitics and culture 676 $a305.3 700 $aPanday$b Pranab Kumar$0894853 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438224703321 996 $aWomen's political participation in Bangladesh$92499850 997 $aUNINA