| सारांश: | This qualitative study conducted (to explore the changes in ideology, attitudes and
aspirations of the rural women involved with BRAC Village Organizations (VO) with
"- respect to gender equity.' Being a part of BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project, the
study was conducted in three villages of Matlab Thana. Data collection techniques
included life histories for case studies, key informant interview and group discussion.
<the study revealed important changes in the thought and ideology of BRAC women
compared to the non-BRAC women. BRAC women however, appeared to be in a
transition period as indicated by contradictions and confusions between they thought and
what they actually practiced. Certain factors had a great influence on BRAC women's
thought and ideology which were absent in the lives of non-BRAC women like social and
legal awareness training, credit, mobility, work load etc. Pathways through which
changes in views on gender equity were explored. The study concludes that development
interventions like BRAC's Rural Development Programme (RDP) were contributory in a
tangible fashion to the transformation of patriarchal ideology and attitude.
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