Abdullahel Hadi
Women’s Productive Role and Marital Violence in Bangladesh
BRAC
study assesses role womens participation productive activities reducing risk marital violence data collected villages numerous nongovernment organizations ngos microcreditbased income generating programs poor survey indepth interviews used collect information randomly selected sample 500 currently married women aged 50 years living 70 villages 10 districts bangladesh findings reveal prevalence marital violence mental torture physical assault negative association womens participation economic activities situation invoked violence women often failure performing expected role household womens productive roles improved womens position household also significantly reduced mental torture physical assault paper argues participation productive activities potential bring significant reduction risk marital violence among women poor community