http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/256 2026-04-29T13:16:39Z 2026-04-29T13:16:39Z Begum, Musammat Khodeza http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/4834 2026-04-21T04:45:52Z 2026-04-21T00:00:00Z

Enhancement of Women Participation in Politics through Microcredit: A Case Study on Siddhirgonj and Kapasia Thana of Bangladesh Begum, Musammat Khodeza Bangladesh continues to be one of the world’s most densely populated nations. According to the United Nations Gender Development index Bangladesh is ranked 121st out of the total of 146 countries worldwide (UNDP: 2001, Human Development Report). Forty percent of its population lives below the poverty level.Among the poor, rural women remain disproportionately disadvantaged. This study examines the role of Grameen Bank (GB) and BRAC in improving the socio-economic conditions and awareness of rural women in Bangladesh through micro-credit programs. The research was conducted among rural poor households who were credit recipients from selected branches of GB and BRAC in Siddirgonj Thana, Narayangonj District, focusing on women with little or no cultivable land whose main source of income was manual labor. Using interviews and focus group discussions, the study explored how micro-credit was utilized and its impact on recipients’ lives. Findings show that credit was successfully invested in small businesses, housing, agriculture, and children’s education, leading to improved living standards, increased participation in family and community decision-making, greater political involvement at the local level, and enhanced awareness of rights and responsibilities. Micro-credit contributed to self-employment, higher household value, and stronger institutional capacity, enabling women to become more organized, self-confident, and empowered beyond traditional family roles. The repayment rate was highly satisfactory, with only six cases of default, though some women faced hardship when male family members misused the loans. This thesis is submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy.

2026-04-21T00:00:00Z বেগম, নাসিমা http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/4750 2025-11-05T10:32:00Z 2025-11-05T00:00:00Z

ডিজিটালাইজেশন প্রক্রিয়ায় সরকার প্রদত্ত শিক্ষা সেবা ও জনগনের প্রবেশগম্যতা:প্রেক্ষিত শেরপুর জেলা (People’s Accessibility to Government-delivered Education Services through Digitalization : Context of Sherpur District) বেগম, নাসিমা This thesis is submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy.

2025-11-05T00:00:00Z আহমেদ, মারুফ http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/4712 2025-09-01T05:31:29Z 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z

বাংলাদেশের তৃনমূল পর্যায়ে রাজনৈতিক ক্ষমতায়ণ: ঢাকা জেলার দক্ষিনগাঁও ও নাসিরাবাদ ইউনিয়ন পরিষদের উপর একটি সমীক্ষা আহমেদ, মারুফ ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে এমফিল ডিগ্রীর জন্য উপস্থাপিত অভিসন্দর্ভ।

2025-09-01T00:00:00Z Sen, Moumita http://reposit.library.du.ac.bd:8080/xmlui/xmlui/handle/123456789/4706 2025-07-08T09:56:17Z 2025-07-08T00:00:00Z

Human Trafficking in Bangladesh: A Study on Narayanganj and Jessore Districts Sen, Moumita Human trafficking is not a single offence, rather it is a process run by the transnational organized criminal groups. In recent years, it has become the most security concern as well as a grave violation of human rights. It is often regarded as one of the fastest growing transnational crime. According to the 2018 UNODC Global TIP report, this illegal trade earns $52 billion annually in the South Asian region. And now after the Covid pandemic, it is also a challenging issue specially for the South Asian countries to combat human trafficking. Bangladesh, a South-East Asian country, acts as a source country by using the poor vulnerable people as victims in this process. It is a country of about 161 million people including more than 26 lakhs unemployed here, is facing a daunting challenge of providing social security, high wage status, living cost and their responsibilities. To ensure a better standard of life and fight against poverty, many poor, unemployed or low skilled labors knowingly or unknowingly are willing to go to cities as well as abroad to earn more money. Thus they become a prey to human trafficking process. The present study has conducted to explore recent factors besides the existing fact which adds to fuel in human trafficking process in Bangladesh. This paper also highlights on the process of trafficking through different modes or patterns based on several case studies and interviews. This study was conducted at Narayanganj sadar (origin place of victims) and Benapole petrapole border area (transit point of victims). The author visited different areas of that two places for collecting data and used unstructured interview, conducted a survey and review case study methods for the quest of this study. Data and information were collected from both primary and secondary sources i.e. journals, books, articles, internet, research reports, daily newspaper, different websites, GOs and NGOs reports, etc. Some case studies were also discussed in this paper. From the result, the study identified socio economic disparity at national or international level, high unemployment rate, low scale of wage, political apathy, demand of cheap labor, lack of awareness, social insecurity as the recent root factors for the rapid growth of human trafficking in Bangladesh. Finally, it concludes that porous and weak border controlling system, lack of proper agreement with the neighboring countries to combat trafficking and lack of punishment make it easier for the traffickers to run this process of human trafficking. And now it is time to take effective plan of action and set up a strong anti-trafficking cell through the government of Bangladesh to combat human trafficking, rescue and protect the victims of this crime. This thesis is submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy.

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