Empowerment Status of Rural Women at Dumki Upazila of Patuakhali District in Bangladesh

Munshi Mohammad Kutub Uddin, Ayasha Rahman Sneha, Md. Sofiqul Islam, Mst. Samshun Nahar, S.M. Ezajul Islam, Md. Al Amin Hossain, S.M. Enamul Islam and Md. Zahidul Islam
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Munshi Mohammad Kutub Uddin: Ex-Lecturer, Rajuk Uttara Model College, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Entomology & department of Agricultural Chemistry, Patuakhali Science & Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh
Ayasha Rahman Sneha: Ex-Lecturer, Rajuk Uttara Model College, Uttara, Dhaka, Bangladesh Department of Entomology & department of Agricultural Chemistry, Patuakhali Science & Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh
Md. Sofiqul Islam: Lecturer, SPC Kafurpura School and College, Bagerhat, Sadar, Bangladesh
Mst. Samshun Nahar: MBS, Department of accounting Government, Huseyn Shaheed suhrawardy College, Magura, Bangladesh
S.M. Ezajul Islam: Cotton Development Officer, Meherpur Ginning Center, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh
Md. Al Amin Hossain: Department of Entomology & department of Agricultural Chemistry, Patuakhali Science & Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali 8602, Bangladesh
S.M. Enamul Islam: Upazila Agriculture Officer, Department of Agriculture Extension, Assasuni, Satkhira, Bangladesh
Md. Zahidul Islam: Lecturer, Noapara Model College, Noapara, Jashore, Bangladesh

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 3, 710-729

Abstract: The study was conducted to determine the status of empowerment of rural women and also to explore relationships among their 13 selected characteristics. The study was conducted at Dumki Upazila of Patuakhali district selected purposively Multi-stage random sampling procedure was follow to conduct the research. Firstly among the 5 unions of Dumki upazila, one union was selected randomly. This union was Srirampur union. Srirampur union consists of 4 villages and women of all four villages constituted the sample population of the study. Thus the number stood at 8280 from the four selected villages as the sample population. Thus the sample size was 110 which was taken randomly. Data were collected by the researcher herself with the help of pretested interview schedule during 10th April to 12th May, 2017. The overall empowerment status scores of the rural women ranged from 39 to 121. It revealed that rural women had a medium level of empowerment as 48.18 percent of them belong to medium category of empowerment. This was followed by 27.27 percent appearing in high category of women empowerment. This was also noticed that 23.55 percent of the respondents fell in low category of empowerment. It was interesting to note that none of the respondents belonged to no empowerment category. Coefficient of correlation showed that out of 13 selected characteristics of the rural women, eight variables viz, education. husband’s education, family education, family farm size, annual income, occupation, personal income, personal savings, had positive significant relationships with empowerment. On the other hand, two variables viz. age and marital age had negative significant relationships with empowerment. Among the six dimensions of the empowerment rural women had highest empowerment in cultural dimension while they lag behind most in political empowerment.

Date: 2025
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