Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
1984
Abstract
Too often when development planners or practitioners plan income-generating schemes for women they consider only handicrafts. While in some situations craft production may provide a secure source of income for women, in many cases it results in poor returns and proves more complicated an undertaking than expected. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) is one agency that has developed a successful program of non-craft employment opportunities for women. Some 10,000 poor women have been engaged by BRAC in viable economic schemes: 9,000 in non-craft production. This issue of SEEDS reviews BRAC's experience in developing non-craft employment opportunities and participatory associations for rural women.
DOI
10.31899/pgy4.1041
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chen, Marty. 1984. "Developing non-craft employment for women in Bangladesh," SEEDS no. 7. New York: Population Council.
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, International Public Health Commons, Regional Economics Commons
Comments
Issue no. 7 of SEEDS, a pamphlet series developed to provide information about innovative and practical program ideas to address the economic roles and needs of low-income women.