Cargando…

Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh

Without taking masculine issues into account, women’s participation in development initiatives does not always guarantee their empowerment, health, and welfare in a male-dominated society. This study aimed to explore men’s perceptions of women’s participation in development (WPD) in rural Bangladesh...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Karim, Rabiul, Lindberg, Lene, Wamala, Sarah, Emmelin, Maria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29025358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317735394
_version_ 1783300974533672960
author Karim, Rabiul
Lindberg, Lene
Wamala, Sarah
Emmelin, Maria
author_facet Karim, Rabiul
Lindberg, Lene
Wamala, Sarah
Emmelin, Maria
author_sort Karim, Rabiul
collection PubMed
description Without taking masculine issues into account, women’s participation in development initiatives does not always guarantee their empowerment, health, and welfare in a male-dominated society. This study aimed to explore men’s perceptions of women’s participation in development (WPD) in rural Bangladesh. In adopting a qualitative approach, the study examined 48 purposively selected married and unmarried men aged 20–76 years in three northwest villages. Data collection was accomplished through four focus group discussions (FGDs) with 43 men clustered into four groups and through individual interviews with five other men. A qualitative content analysis of the data revealed an overall theme of “feeling challenged by fears and hopes,” indicating variations in men’s views on women’s participation in development initiatives as represented by three main categories: (a) fearing the loss of male authority, (b) recognizing women’s roles in enhancing family welfare, and (c) valuing women’s independence. In the context of dominant patriarchal traditions in Bangladesh, these findings provide new insight into dynamics and variations of men’s views, suggesting a need to better engage men during different stages of women-focused development initiatives.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5818116
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher SAGE Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-58181162018-03-01 Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh Karim, Rabiul Lindberg, Lene Wamala, Sarah Emmelin, Maria Am J Mens Health Articles Without taking masculine issues into account, women’s participation in development initiatives does not always guarantee their empowerment, health, and welfare in a male-dominated society. This study aimed to explore men’s perceptions of women’s participation in development (WPD) in rural Bangladesh. In adopting a qualitative approach, the study examined 48 purposively selected married and unmarried men aged 20–76 years in three northwest villages. Data collection was accomplished through four focus group discussions (FGDs) with 43 men clustered into four groups and through individual interviews with five other men. A qualitative content analysis of the data revealed an overall theme of “feeling challenged by fears and hopes,” indicating variations in men’s views on women’s participation in development initiatives as represented by three main categories: (a) fearing the loss of male authority, (b) recognizing women’s roles in enhancing family welfare, and (c) valuing women’s independence. In the context of dominant patriarchal traditions in Bangladesh, these findings provide new insight into dynamics and variations of men’s views, suggesting a need to better engage men during different stages of women-focused development initiatives. SAGE Publications 2017-10-13 2018-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5818116/ /pubmed/29025358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317735394 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Articles
Karim, Rabiul
Lindberg, Lene
Wamala, Sarah
Emmelin, Maria
Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title_full Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title_fullStr Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title_short Men’s Perceptions of Women’s Participation in Development Initiatives in Rural Bangladesh
title_sort men’s perceptions of women’s participation in development initiatives in rural bangladesh
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29025358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317735394
work_keys_str_mv AT karimrabiul mensperceptionsofwomensparticipationindevelopmentinitiativesinruralbangladesh
AT lindberglene mensperceptionsofwomensparticipationindevelopmentinitiativesinruralbangladesh
AT wamalasarah mensperceptionsofwomensparticipationindevelopmentinitiativesinruralbangladesh
AT emmelinmaria mensperceptionsofwomensparticipationindevelopmentinitiativesinruralbangladesh