Does Involvement of Women in BRAC Influence Sex Bias in Intra-household Food Distribution?
Published By: BRAC on eSS | Published Date: March, 06 , 1998This study assessed the sex preferences in intra-household food distribution among school going siblings
in a rural area of Bangladesh. The study also examines the effect of women's involvement in BRAC's
rural development programme in reducing gender gaps in intra-household food allocation. The study
was conducted in 14 villages of Matlab thana as one of the sub-studies of the BRAC-ICDDR,B joint
research project. A total of 376 school-going siblings (188 brothers and 188 sisters) aged 10-14 years
from BRAC member and non-member households were included in this study. [Working Paper Number: 25]
Author(s): Mushtaque Chowdhury, SM Ziauddin Hyder, Rita Das Roy, Alayne Adams | Posted on: Jan 06, 2011 | Views(792) | Download (120)