Women and democracy: a Bangladesh perspective
Dilara Choudhury
Round Table London 357: 563-576
2000
DOI: 10.1080/003585300225197Document Number: 247680
This article focuses on women's concerns with the democratization process in Bangladesh. Various strategies such as the feminist movement, both liberal as well as socialist, the roles of the NGOs and the state are analysed. In conclusion attempts are made to evaluate those factors which have pushed the women's agenda more to the fore. It is argued that women's demands in Bangladesh, under the rubric of a more participatory democracy, have not been met and that a lot needs to be done to make feminist voices heard so that the democratic base of the country can be broadened.