'Women being empowered but slowly'
Women are being empowered through education and economic activities, yet the pace at which it is happening remains slow, says a study.
"Though more women are becoming educated and economically self-independent and women lead the two main political parties, men still dominate our society", said Naila Kabeer, a professor of the University of London, presenting her keynote paper on the study.
She said, "Programmes such as micro-finance have helped women a lot to earn, but whether they are empowered is still questionable".
The research was carried out under Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Programme, a five-year programme of Brac Development Institute (BDI), launched in 2006. The study findings were made public in the opening ceremony of a three-day conference titled "Revisioning women's empowerment: New horizons" organised by BDI at Brac Centre auditorium in the city's Mohakhali.
The conference's opening, which also marks closing of the research, was attended by BDI Director Prof Syed M Hashemi, Brac University Pro-Vice-chancellor Dr Golam Samdani Fakir, and Pathways Programme South Asia Coordinator Maheen Sultan, among others.
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