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Sociology & Gender Studies

Challenges and Responsibilities in Women’s Potential Poverty: Context of Bangladesh

Syeda Umme Jakera Malik Ph.D*
* Lecturer, Social Work Department, Asian university of Bangladesh
Journal: Asian Review
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Page Range: pp. 87–104

Abstract

Under the system of patriarchy, surviving against deficiency needs is not strongly practiced by educated women. Usually women are living on men kin or Husbands' gifted living way. Naturally in this way women are forced to live a life that is far from surviving, using networks and opportunities, self-development and so on. This is a way that makes university graduate women potentially poorer than university graduate men. Here potential poverty is defined as risk to be poor. By concerning this group this study has been run through highly educated women who are not absolutely poor but personally they are at risk to be poor. Based on a descriptive research aims of this article is to explore some challenges and responsibilities in protecting and preventing women's potential poverty.

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