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Executive Summary

This study by the greater access to trade expansion project provides on overview of information and communications technology trends and opportunities for women in Bangladesh. It explores ways that the Bangladesh mission can integrate gender and poverty concerns into its programs and recommends pro-poor, gender sensitive.

ICT interventions for the missions review. The study aims to help Bangladesh ensures that its ICT development programs promote gender equity and create opportunities for economic growth, Since they can bring threats and challenges along with opportunities they offer many new possibilities that offer Women in developing countries a lifeline for economic, social and political empowerment.

CHAPTER 1

Overview of report

Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries with 150 million people, 49 percent of whom live below the national poverty line. In addition, child malnutrition rates of 48 percent are the second highest in the world, a condition that is tied to the low social status of women in Bangladeshi society.

The Hunger Project has been active in Bangladesh since 1990 and is currently the country's largest volunteer-based organization covering all 64 districts.

Union Parishads (UPS), which cover a population close to 20,000, are the unit of government closest to the people. UP-based initiatives include ensuring 100 percent sanitary latrine coverage, 100 percent birth and death registration, and open budget meetings to provide transparency and accountability.

Background of the study

Bangladesh is a resource limited and overpopulated country where society is highly stratified, services and opportunities are determined by gender, class and location. However, women make nearly half of the population . which means huge potential to be utilised for socio-economic development of the country.

Although the government is promoting country's commercial sector, particularly trade and...