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Women Empowerment in Bangladesh
Group Members:
Name ID No.
Md. Asraf Ali 12000010
Mosammat Fariha 12000045
Md. Faisal Rahman 12000125
Md. A. K. M. Zakaria 12000009
Mifat Nayer 12000091
Our Mission:
To contribute in the process of women empowerment by ensuring maximum wage for rural women who are involved in cottage industries in Bangladesh.
Our Slogan:
Weaving dreams…….
RationaleSocial life of women Economic solvencyDiscrimination in workplaceViolence against womenLack of consciousness
ObjectivesTo empower women.To ensure maximum wage for rural women
who are involved cottage industries.To create a good market for their products To create awareness about the benefit of
using social media to promote their product.
Social Media Campaign
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Eastern and Western Ideologies of Women Empowerment and Their Relevance to Bangladeshi Context
Mahatma Gandhi’s View on Women Empowerment
Equality of Sexes. Dowry System. Education
Equality of sexes Women must realize their full status and play
their part as equals of men.
The Dowry SystemThe dowry system is a product of the caste
system. Young men who demand dowry should be excommunicated.
Education for Women“……… to free her from mental slavery
and to teach her dignity of national service and the service of humanity.”
Emerson’s Support for Women’s Suffrage
“If women feel wronged then they are wronged...I should vote for every franchise for women.” —Emerson
In 1855, he described the women’s movement as “no whim, but an organic impulse…”
He argued that if women were denied suffrage, they should also not be taxed.
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau was influenced by Emerson
and supported women’s right to vote.
In Civil Disobedience (1849) Thoreau argues that it is morally justified to resist unjust laws peacefully. It inspired suffragist involved in the struggle for women’s suffrage
Martin Luther King, Jr While advocating for civil rights,
he was also fighting for the basic rights of women.
Supported women’s right of birth control and family planning.
Worked of Planned Parenthood .
New Negro Woman: women poets, authors and intellectuals, known for their race conscious writing.
African American women utilized the movement to express their views on race and gender relations.
The Black Arts Movement, was initiated by writer and activist Amiri Baraka.
Black feminism became an important political statement conveyed by the women of BAM.
They focus on race and economic status, sexism, class oppression and racism.
Let’s Recognize Women’s Contribution
Women had played vital roles in different political and literary movements of our country, specially in 1971.
Their contribution is mostly neglected. They are represented as victims. Their role as freedom fighters in 1971 is not that
much focused.
Social Media Campaign
Technical Features of Social Media Campaign
CAMPAIGN OUTREACH
TOPICS INCORPORATED
VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNPEER WORKSEXPERT’S ADVICE
VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNOUR WORKING PROCESS Making page
Developing ideas
Sharing
Having remarks & comments
PEER WORKSWORKING WITH Rural women
Underprivileged women
Women from Indigenous group
Ethnic groups
Conservatives
Free thinkers & progressive
EXPERT’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Prof. Manosh Chowdhury An Anthropologist, who has some remarkable international papers
on women empowerment of Bangladesh.
Prof. Nasim Akter Hossain A socialist political activist, working with women’s involvement in
working sector and protest or movement.
Ameena Islam A leading news personality, working with the challenges of women
empowerment from different views of life.
Outcome and Impact of Our Social Media
Campaign
Question-Answer Session
Thank You