Women Empowerment with Special Reference to Higher Education and Employment in Khulna City

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35649/KUBR.2015.10.12.1

Keywords:

Economic Empowerment, Political Empowerment, Social Empowerment, Women Empowerment

Abstract

Purpose: This study has put a great effort to measure the empowerment status of women who are both higher educated and employed.
Sampling and data collection: Data were collected form women employed in various organization like banks, educational institutions, NGOs and others for this study. Empowerment was measured based on economic freedom, household decision making, social & legal freedom and political freedom. A structured questionnaire using five point likert scale was used to collect opinions from the respondents. A total 178 employed women were finally interviewed.
Data analysis: The data were analyzed using t-test against population mean value. Descriptive statistical tools like mean value and standard deviation are also used to analyze the data.
Finding: The results reveal that higher educated and employed women are empowered at some extent in dimensions like economic freedom, household decision making, social & legal freedom and political freedom.

Author Biographies

  • Sarif Mohammad Khan, Khulna University

    Associate Professor, Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, BD

  • Md Reaz Uddin, Khulna University

    Assistant Professor, Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, BD

  • Mohammad Anwar Hossain, University of Dhaka

    Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, BD

  • A S M Sayeem, Khulna University

    Independent Researcher, Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, BD

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2015-08-01

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  • 2015-08-01 (Version of Record 1.0)

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Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (2015): Volume 10, Number 1 & 2

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Khan, S. M., Uddin, M. R., Hossain, M. A., & A S M Sayeem. (2015). Women Empowerment with Special Reference to Higher Education and Employment in Khulna City. Khulna University Business Review, 10(1-2), 07-14. https://doi.org/10.35649/KUBR.2015.10.12.1