In 2015,
United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to achieve with its member.
Among those Sustainable Development Goals, I chose number 5 (Achieve Gender’s
equality and empower women). The best way to measure the progress of a nation
is y looking at the way how they treat females. The topic of gender equality
covers all the burning issues worldwide. They are women's education, maternal health,
economic empowerment of females, and the role of women in family, community,
politics, and more. According to the study conducted by the UN, "women
constitute more than two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population. Another
research depicts that 80% of the world’s refugees are women. Also, women only
own 1% of the world’s resources and earn a small part (1/10th) of the world’s
income (Srivastava, 2019)."
Bangladesh is located in South Asia bordered by India from three sides, Burma from the
southeast corner, and the Bay of Bengal from the south. It is one of the
poorest and densely populated countries in South Asia (Husain,
2021). Bangladesh has made a lot
of progress since last year. It has improved the lives of women and girls.
Bangladesh has achieved the highest cumulative GDP and succeeded in maintaining
macroeconomic stability and reducing poverty in ten years. It is also one of
the developing countries. Bangladesh has also approached people-centered
development and in order to achieve the SDG goals by 2030. The SDG in
Bangladesh is led by the SDG implementation and Review committee. They are
implementing the SDG goals from central to local levels (Bangladesh
Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, n.d.).
Bangladesh Government has started its
plan to implement the SDG and they also track each and every progress. They
have launched SDG's tracker to monitor implementation in terms of
indicator-wise data updating. They have finalized the finance needed to
implement the SDG'S estimated US$ 928.5 billion from 2017 to 2030. The National
Data Coordination Committee collects and harmonizes data generation (Bangladesh Sustainable Development
Knowledge Platform, n.d.). The Bangladesh strategies to overcome the Gender
disparities is working beside Bangladesh Government USAID is also working
actively and helping women and female children. USAID has been successful in decreasing
child marriage, protect
gender-based violence, human trafficking, and violent extremism across 20
districts. They have empowered the women in politics so, there are 309
leaders in politics who won the seat. They have supported a women
entrepreneurs’ boot camp for 80 female agro-entrepreneurs. The agriculture
mechanization has trained women in local services agricultural equipment as
reapers and power tillers. As a result, 139 women—among the first—are now
involved in farming mechanization service businesses (Gender
Equality and Women’s Empowerment | Bangladesh | USAID, n.d.).
In conclusion, Bangladesh has successfully placed its position in a developing country from a poor nation and working actively in Gender disparities. If the plan works on this ratio. Bangladesh will be successful in achieving gender equality by 2030. After looking at all these Bangladesh reports and work other small countries should follow Bangladesh.
References:
Srivastava,
A. (2019, November 10). Status of Women: From the Past into the Future -
Apeksha Srivastava. Medium.
https://medium.com/@apeksha.0503/status-of-women-from-the-past-into-the-future-e9154f7429c1.
Husain, S. S. (2021, March 10). Bangladesh | History, Capital, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Bangladesh.
Bangladesh.:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. (n.d.). Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved March 10, 2021, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/bangladesh.
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment | Bangladesh | USAID. (n.d.). USAID. Retrieved March 10, 2021, from https://www.usaid.gov/bangladesh/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment
In conclusion, Bangladesh has successfully placed its position in a developing country from a poor nation and working actively in Gender disparities. If the plan works on this ratio. Bangladesh will be successful in achieving gender equality by 2030. After looking at all these Bangladesh reports and work other small countries should follow Bangladesh.
Husain, S. S. (2021, March 10). Bangladesh | History, Capital, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/Bangladesh.
Bangladesh.:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. (n.d.). Sustainable Development Goals. Retrieved March 10, 2021, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates/bangladesh.
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment | Bangladesh | USAID. (n.d.). USAID. Retrieved March 10, 2021, from https://www.usaid.gov/bangladesh/gender-equality-and-womens-empowerment
Hi Alisha,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog and found it informative, especially since it is pertaining to a worldwide issue that has been going on for a while. Women deserve to be given more opportunities and credit than what they receive. It's amazing seeing and hearing about other countries, such as Bangladesh stepping up and wanting to make a difference. Especially with creating a change that will bring various opportunities to many girls and women in the near future.
Hello Alisha,
ReplyDeleteI find this goal to one of the more interesting and much needed goals that need more focus on. Gender equality is an issue that has been around for centuries and it amazes me that still till this day this is an issue. It's so refreshing to see all the things women have accomplished and continue to accomplish as the years go on and the world continues to progress and evolve. I know for a lot of other countries it has been a struggle to get behind gender equality but it's nice to see a country that is so far away from us doing the necessary steps for females to have equal opportunities. Great job on your post!!
-Emmie Rodriguez
Hi Alisha,
ReplyDeleteGreat job one your blog! I enjoyed reading your blog post and found it to be quite revealing as it brings attention to a major issue that continues to so heavily impact some UN countries. I was aware that Bangladesh did not have some of the freedoms and equal opportunities as most countries, however I was not aware of just how far they are and how much they have to go. Numbers like 928.5 billion dollars concern me in getting proper gender equality for the people of Bangladesh because the goal seems almost impossible to achieve by 2030. With that being said, I'm hoping that this is not the case and the SDG's can be implemented simply and at a quicker rate to impact more women. Their government is on the right track with making progress to achieve the SDG goals as improvements are being made, like less girls being involved in child marriage. I am just concerned about the rate at which they are moving with their being so much to get done. Do you think by 2030 the SDG gender equality will be implemented fully in the country?