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Gender Mainstreaming in Politics, Administration and Development in South Asia

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Editors:
  1. Ishtiaq Jamil

    1. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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  2. Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman

    1. South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  3. Syeda Lasna Kabir

    1. Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  4. M. Mahfuzul Haque

    1. South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  • Examines gender mainstreaming in South Asia
  • Provides an overview of the possibilities and constraints of gender mainstreaming in a region characterized by huge social, political, and economic diversities
  • Focuses on how gender-related issues are incorporated in policy formulation and implementation

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction: Gender Mainstreaming in Politics, Administration, and Development in South Asia

    • Ishtiaq Jamil, Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Syeda Lasna Kabir, M. Mahfuzul Haque
    Pages 1-17

  3. Gendered Electoral Financing: Two Approaches Toward Funding as an Affirmative Action Measure

    • Ragnhild Louise Muriaas
    Pages 19-36

  4. How Policy Folds Back Before Implementation: A Study on Unequal Inheritance Right in Bangladesh

    • Jinat Hossain
    Pages 37-60

  5. Gender-Based Harassment and Violence in Higher Educational Institutions: A Case from Sri Lanka

    • Janethri B. Liyanage, Kamala Liyanage
    Pages 61-85

  6. ‘Through the Glass Ceiling, over the Glass Cliff?’ Women Leaders in Bangladeshi Public Administration

    • Syeda Lasna Kabir
    Pages 87-109

  7. Emerging Leadership Roles of Women in Rural Local Government: Experiences from Bangladesh

    • Mizanur Rahman
    Pages 111-135

  8. Gender Budgeting and Governance Challenges: A Case Study of Bangladesh

    • Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman
    Pages 137-155

  9. Empowering Women Through e-Governance in the Indian Province of Odisha: Capacity Building as an Enabling Measure

    • Sangita Dhal
    Pages 157-179

  10. A Paradigm Shift in Women’s Turnout and Representation in Indian Elections

    • Sanjay Kumar
    Pages 181-208

  11. Achievements and Challenges for Gender Mainstreaming in the Employment Sector of the Maldives

    • Mohamed Faizal
    Pages 209-230

  12. Caught in the Cross-Fire of Religion, Culture, and Politics: Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Pakistan

    • Samreen Shahbaz
    Pages 231-254

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 255-261
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About this book

This book explores and analyzes gender mainstreaming in South Asia. Gender mainstreaming as a concept is about removing disparities between men and women – about equal access to resources, inclusion and participation in the public sphere, representation in government, and empowerment, all with the aim of achieving equal opportunities for men and women in family life, society, administration, politics, and the economy. The challenges of gender mainstreaming in South Asia are huge, especially in the contexts of patriarchal, religious, and caste-based social norms and values. Men’s dominance in politics, administration, and economic activities is distinctly visible. Women have been subservient to the policy preferences of their male counterparts. However, in recent years, more women are participating in politics at the local and national levels, in administration, and in formal economic activities. Have gender equality and equity been ensured in South Asia? This book focuses on how gender-related issues are incorporated into policy formulation and governance, how they have fared, what challenges they have encountered when these policies were put into practice, and their implications and fate in the context of five South Asian countries. The authors have used varied frameworks to analyze gender mainstreaming at the micro and macro levels. Written from public administration and political science perspectives, the book provides an overview of the possibilities and constraints of gender mainstreaming in a region, which is not only diverse in ethnicity and religion, but also in economic progress, political culture, and the state of governance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Ishtiaq Jamil

  • South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, M. Mahfuzul Haque

  • Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Syeda Lasna Kabir

About the editors

Ishtiaq Jamil is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway. 


Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman is Professor of Public Administration and Adviser, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG), North South University, Bangladesh.


Syeda Lasna Kabir is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

M. Mahfuzul Haque is a former civil servant of the Government of Bangladesh. He is now Assistant Professor, South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance (SIPG) at North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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