2009-2010 - BIDS

deal with violence. It emerged during discussion
that to combat violence against women was a
major stumbling block to achieve gender equality
and empowerment of women, and there was a
need for a reliable database for collecting regular
information about the intensity of the problem
in which all stakeholders should participate. The
project was completed in November 2009 and M.A.
Mannan was the Project Director.
Integration of Population and Gender Concerns
into the National and Sectoral Policies and
Strategies: Current Status and Constraints
The study examines the extent of integration of
population and gender concerns into the national
and sectoral policies, programs and strategies
and identifies barriers and constraints in these
regards. The study has been prepared based on
review of various national and sectoral policy
documents, strategies and plan documents, and
through gathering primary information from
policy-makers, planners, field level officials and
different stakeholders at local level. The study
notes that integration of both the issues into
different sectoral activities remains insufficient
with population concerns. A major constraint
in the integration process is the lack of
coordination and monitoring of the process.
Also, there systemic inefficiencies for this
including lack of awareness among
officials about gender and population
issues, shortage of skilled manpower,
inadequate sectoral policies,
inadequate design of the projects/
programs, lack of resources, and
others. Sharifa Begum was the
Project Director.
by the government machineries. Utilizing
both secondary and primary information, the
study observes that Bangladesh is yet behind
in implementing the CEDAW. Also, there are
weaknesses and gaps in prevalent legal provisions
which deprive women from justice. Sharifa Begum
was the Project Director and co-researchers
included Advocate Salma Ali, Mr Osman Ali and
Harunur Rashid Bhuyan.
Natural Resources Management
and Climate Change
A Study of the Principal Marketed Value Chains
Derived from the Sundarbans Reserved Forest
The study investigates aspects related to
economics of resource extraction of twelve
Sunderbans reserve forest products. The main actors
in the value chains associated with the resource
extraction are harvesters, beparis, farias, choto
mahajans, boro mahajans, aratdars, wholesalers
and retailers.
A Review to Identify
Legal Provisions that are
Inconsistent with CEDAW in
Bangladesh
The study reviews the
implementation of CEDAW
provision in Bangladesh using
general legal framework within
which the legal rights are protected
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BIDS Biennial Report 2009-2010