scholarly journals Household Decision Making Process of Rural Women in Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Syed Muhammad Sajjad Kabir
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making

scholarly journals Women’s Role In Domestic Decisionmaking In Pakistan: Implications For Reproductive Behaviour

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushin Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Urban Women ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Partial Explanation ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Using Data

Women’s involvement in domestic decision-making is recognized as a distinct aspect of her autonomy that has its implications for reproductive behaviour. Using data from the Pakistan Fertility and Family Planning Survey 1996-97, this study examines the extent of Pakistani women’s participation in household decision-making relative to their husbands and other family members, and determines its effects on the demand for children and higher contraceptive use in both urban and rural settings. The findings reveal that women’s decision-making authority is clearly related to the context in which they live as urban women have an almost equal say in household matters, as their husbands, whereas most rural women report that their husbands and other family members have a predominant role in household decisions with regard to seeking medical treatment for a sick child or to make purchases of household items. The results also indicate that women with greater freedom to go outside home alone are also more likely to participate in domestic decisions, and the linkage is stronger for rural than urban women. The multivariate analysis reveals that the effect of decision-making variables on measures of reproductive behaviour is strongly conditioned by socio-economic and demographic factors, implying that measures of women empowerment give only a partial explanation of women’s likelihood to desire fewer children and increase contraceptive use. The results in all suggest that Pakistani women’s enhanced role in household decision-making has its effects relevant to achieving gender equality and fertility reduction outcomes - the goals that are central to population and development policy.

Study of Participation of Adolscents in Household Decision Making Process

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 458-460
Author(s):  
Dr. Saleem H. Tambe ◽  
◽  
Dr. Inamdar I. F Dr. Inamdar I. F ◽  
Dr. Milind Kamble ◽  
Dr. Aswar N.R. Dr. Aswar N.R.
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making

Tapping Rural Women Entrepreneurship Through Self-Help Micro-Credit

2019 ◽  
pp. 305-339
Author(s):  
Falendra Kumar Sudan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Women's Role ◽  
And Control

The chapter reveals that women's role in enterprise and household decision making, their access to assets, and control over self-earnings have improved significantly among client and non-client groups. Self-help credit program (SHCP) has facilitated them to make decisions for their personal needs, availing treatment, recreational facilities, and participate independently in household decision making. However, SHCP should incorporate necessary steps to enhance empowerment of women irrespective of their duration in program, types of economic activities, and marital status. In order to transform SHCP into a genuine livelihood diversification and gender strategy, women's empowerment needs to be understood as more than a marginal increase in access to income, and/or consultation in limited areas of enterprise and household decision making and/or occasional meetings with a small group of other women.

scholarly journals Decision-Making Process in Female Genital Mutilation: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3362
Author(s):  
Angi Alradie-Mohamed ◽  
Russell Kabir ◽  
S.M. Yasir Arafat
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Household Decision ◽  
Household Decision Making ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Female Genital

Female genital mutilation/cutting “FGM/C” is a deep-rooted damaging practice. Despite the growing efforts to end this practice, the current trends of its decline are not enough to overcome the population’s underlying growth. The aim of this research is to investigate the FGM/C household decision-making process and identify the main household decision-makers. A review of peer-reviewed articles was conducted by searching PubMed, JSTOR, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, EBSCO, and CINAHL Plus via systematic search using keywords. The found publications were screen using inclusion and exclusion criteria in line with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. After critical appraisal, seventeen articles were included in this review. The data extracted from the articles regarding FGM/C household-decision making process and decision-makers were analyzed using narrative analysis. FGM/C decision-making process varies from a region to another; however, it generally involves more than one individual, and each one has different power over the decision. Fathers, mothers, and grandmothers are the main decision-makers. It was shown from this review that opening the dialogue regarding FGM/C between sexes may lead to a productive decision-making process. The participation of fathers in the decision-making may free the mothers from the social-pressure and responsibility of carrying on traditions and create a more favorable environment to stop FGM/C practice.

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