Publications

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The article 'A Silver Lining: Women in Reserved Seats in Local Government in Bangladesh' written by Sohela Nazneen and Sakiba Tasneem was published in the issue “Quotas: Add Women and Stir?” of the IDS Bulletin Volume 41, Number 5, September 2010.

 

Article “Legitimacy enhances capacity”written by Sohela Nazneen and Sakiba Tasneem published at Capacity.org in their September issue on “Local government for gender equality”. Their article, can be read at

http://www.capacity.org/en/journal/practice_reports/legitimacy_enhances_capacity.

 

“Mapping Women’s Empowerment: Experiences from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan” book published in May 2010 by UPL. Contains a collection of articles from 11 contributors from the South Asia region writing on themes of work, voice and bodily integrity.

 

The  IDS Bulletin titled ‘Negotiating Empowerment’ issued in March 2010 contained the following articles by member of the Pathways South Asia hub:

1. Reciprocity, Disstancing, and Opportunistic Overtures: Women's Organisations, Negotiating Legitimacy and Space in Bangladesh by Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan
2. Negotiating Islam: Conservatism, Splintered Authority and Empowerment in Urban Bangladesh by Samia Huq
3. Women Watching Television: Surfing Between Fantasy and Reality by Aanmona Priyadarshani and Samia Afroz Rahim

 

Four reports based on researches done on women’s work, women’s engagement with religion and media and the movement building strategies of women’s organizations have been published in Bangla in Feburary 2010:

1. Narir Chokhey Media: Shombhabonar Notun Dar by Aanmona Priyadarshini
2. Kormokhetre Nari: Akankha o Shimaboddhota By Sakiba Tasneem
3. Nari o Dhormo: Akti Poribortonsheel Shomporko by Sahida Khondaker & Samia Huq
4. Nari Andolon abong Shomorthon Toirir Koushol: Akti Porjalochonaby Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan

The collection of reports is available as a boxed set titled ‘Bangladeshey Narir Khomotayon: Bitorko o Shombhabona’ and this includes an overview paper of the same name written by Sahida Khondaker and Firdous Azim. These publications are being distributed by UPL and are also available at the BDI office.

 

The Pathways of Women's Empowerment Programme at BDI published a series of articles in the Samakal newspaper during the month of December:

1.  The article on “Ghorer bou, shomajer 'apa'” by Mohammad Kamruzzaman about Women Health Workers was published on 8th December.
2. "Narir Chokhe Media" by Aanmona Priyadarshini highlighted the Women and Media research was published on 18th December.
3. The article ‘Putro naki Konya' by Sakiba Tasneem based on the Empowering Work research was published on 30 December, 2009.

 

A photo-essay titled "Women on the move", co-authored by Firdous Azim and Samia Afroz Rahim, was published by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal in September 2009. The essay is based on the travelling photography exhibition that was organized by the South Asia hub in December 2007 which depicted the ‘Changing Images of Women in Bangladesh’.

 

Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan’s article “Struggling for Survival and Autonomy: Impact of NGO-ization on women's organizations in Bangladesh” that shows how the NGO-ization process has changed relations of accountability in Bangledesh women's organizations, was published in the special issue of the Development Journal titled ‘Power, Movements, Change’ in June 2009.

 

The South Asian Journal published the article “Bangladesh: Political Parties and Women’s Empowerment” by Sohela Nazneen in June 2009. The paper analyses the discourses on women’s empowerment among the three main political parties in Bangladesh.

 

On occasion of International Women’s Day, the leading English daily, The Daily Star, covered the work of the Pathways South Asia hub for their special feature. The following articles, published on March 6, 2009, can be found online at http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/03/01/special_feature.htm

1. The Meaning of Empowerment, by Firdous Azim
2. Agents of Change, by Sheikh Tariquzzaman
3. New forms and Challenges, by Samia Huq and Sohela Nazneen
4. New Spaces, New Choices, by Aanmona Priyadarshini and Samia Afroz Rahim

 

The following papers were presented at the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Review Conference in January 2009 in Cairo:

1.  Stories of Change: Life Stories, Documentary-Making and Self-Reflections by Maheen Sultan
2. Discourses on Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh by Naomi Hossain, Sohela Nazneen, Firdous Azim and Maheen Sultan
3. The Significance of Work: Varied Meanings and Multiple Empowerment Outcomesby Simeen Mahmud, Maheen Sultan and Naila Kabeer
4. Community Health Workers as Agents, Subjects and Objects of Change: Individual, Familial and Community Level Transformationsby Simeen Mahmud, Maheen Sultan and Sheikh Tariquzzaman
5. Cents and Solidarity: Work, Collective Action and Women’s Empowerment in Bangladeshby Naila Kabeer
6. Women Watching TV: Surfing Between Fantasy and Realityby Aanmona Priyadarshani and Samia Afroz Rahim
7. Islam in Urban Bangladesh: Between Negotiation and Appropriationby Samia Huq
8. New Challenges for Secular Feminism in Bangladeshby Firdous Azim
9. Women’s Empowerment through Local Governance: Emerging Issues and Debates in Bangladeshby Zarina Rahman Khan and Amena Mohsin
10. Opportunistic Overtures, Distancing and Mobilizing Support: Women’s Organizations Negotiating Legitimacy and Space in Bangladeshby Sohela Nazneen and Maheen Sultan

 

“Stories of Change” is a a 55-minute documentary produced by the Pathways Programme. It  depicts the real-live stories of five women, ranging between 16 to 60 years of age, coming from diverse professions, religions, and regions of Bangladesh. Please contact the email below to inquire about the DVD. More information about the film can be found at http://www.storiesofchange.net.