Facts and Figures of Gender Compendium of Bangladesh 2009 (In Shortcut) December 2009

Capacity Building of BBS Project Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Table of Contents
Serial Topic Page Foreword Preface Limitations Table of Contents Acronyms At A Glance Chapter 1: Household and Demography 1.01 Household and Family 1.02 Population 1.03 Marriage and Nuptiality 1.04 Socio-economic Status Chapter 2: Health and Nutrition 2.01 Mortality 2.02 Nutrition Status 2.03 Morbidity and Mortality Causes 2.04 Health Services Chapter 3: Education 3.01 Access to Education and Training Services 3.02 Input to Education Services 3.03 Government Intervention 3.04 Enrolment Ratio in Education Chapter 4: Womens Participation in Mainstream Economic Activities 4.01 Size of Labour Force 4.02 Labour Force Participation Rate 4.03 Employment 4.04 Wage rate 4.05 Access to Productive Resources Chapter 5: Womens Political and Social Empowerment 5.01 Political and Administrative 5.02 Social 5.03 Violence Against Women Chapter 6: Social Protection and continued Vulnerabilities 6.01 Childhood 6.02 Adolescent 6.03 Adults 6.04 Old-age Chapter 7: Policies and Interventions 7.01 Policies 7.02 Subsidies 7.03 Social Mobilization Concluding Remarks Appendices: Appendix-1: Updates of MDG Indicators Appendix-2: Rules and regulations related to women empowerment Appendix-3: Concepts and References

Acronyms
AIDS BANBEIS BBS BGMEA CDR CMNS CBN CPR DCI DGHS DGF DHS DoE DPE EC FFW HAZ HCR HDI HIES HIV H/Q IMR kcal LFS MDG MICS MMR MUAC NER NGO NIPORT PESP PNMR PPP PRSP SAARC SVRS TB H5MR UN UNDP VGD WHO WAZ WHZ WMS BBS BD Gov : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Bangladesh Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association Crude Death Rate Child and Mother Nutrition Survey Cost of Basic Need Contraceptive Prevalence Rate Direct Calorie Intake Director General of Health Services Vulnerable Group Feeding Demography and Health Survey Department of Environment Directorate of Primary Education Election Commission Food for Work Programme Height- for- Age z-score Head Count Rate Human Development Index Household Income and Expenditure Survey Human Immunodeficiency Virus Head Quarters Infant Mortality Rate Kilocalorie Labour Force Survey Millennium Development Goals Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Maternal Mortality Rate Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Net Enrolment Rate Non-governmental Organization National Institute of Population Research and Training Primary Education Stipend Programme Post Neo-natal Mortality Rate Purchasing Power Parity Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ample Vital registration Tuberculosis Under 5 Mortality Rate United Nations United Nations Development Programme Vulnerable Group Feeding World Health Organization Weight-for-Age z-score Weight-for-Height z-score Welfare Monitoring Survey Bangladesh bureau of statistics Bangladesh Government

At a Glance
(Gender Dimensions of MDGs, PRSPs and Beijing Platform for Action) Key Area Outcome/Impact Indicator Source Gender Base Year Year Value 1989 1989 1991 1989 1989 1991 2000 2000 1991 2000 2000 1991 2000 2000 1991 2000 2000 1991 44.5 47.8 47.5 32.0 27.7 28.0 47.2 49.0 56.6 35.4 34.2 41.0 12.8 7.5 6.5 4.6 2.4 28.0 Current Year Year Value 2000 2000 2005 2000 2000 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 1991 1991 14.0 86.0 2008 2008 2005 2005 2005 2005 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 49.1 44.0 40.4 26.4 19.6 19.5 29.5 40.8 40.0 21.9 25.4 25.1 9.0 4.6 4.5 2.9 1.3 19.5 39.7 42.7 10.7 89.3 1895 1454 1862 1452 68.0 65.6 3.48 40 42 59 74 1.18 30 32 48 48 Target Year (2015)

1. Household (HH) and Socio-Demographic 1.01 Absolute Poverty by DCI Methods HIES, Household (HH) below poverty line BBS (2122 kcal per capita per head) by gender of head of HH (%) 1.02 Hard Core Poverty by DCI Method- HIES, BBS HH below poverty line (1805 kcal) by gender of head of HH (%) 1.03 Incidence of poverty by CBN HIES, Method- using upper poverty line BBS Head Count Ratio by gender HIES, 1.04 Incidence of poverty by CBN BBS Method-using lower poverty Line: Head Count Ratio by gender 1.05 Poverty gap ratio (%) HIES, BBS 1.06 Share of poorest quintiles in HIES, national consumption (%) BBS 1.07 Poverty severity index HIES, (Squared Poverty Gap) BBS 1.08 Proportion of population below HIES, minimum level dietary energy BBS consumption (<1805 kcal) HIES, 1.09 Head-count ratio of HH without BBS remittance by gender of head of HH 1.10 Ratio of male-headed and female- SVRS, headed HH to total HH BBS 1.11 Per capita income of male-headed HIES, and female-headed hh who BBS received foreign remittance 1.12 Per capita income of femaleHIES, headed and male-headed HH BBS 1.13 Expectation of life at birth by SVRS, gender BBS 2. Health and Nutrition 2.01 Maternal mortality ratio SVRS BBS 2.02 Infant mortality rate SVRS BBS 2.03 Under five mortality rate by gender SVRS/ MICS

Female Male Both Female Male Both Female Male Both Female Male Both Upper Lower Both Upper lower Both Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Female Male Female Male

23.8

14.0 28.3 20.5 8.5 5.0

14.0

1999 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991

1303 55.7 56.5 4.72* 90 95 150 151

Key Area 2.04 2.05

Outcome/Impact Indicator

Source

Gender

Base Year Year Value 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1993 1993 1993 1991 4.24 53.4 54.5 7.0 39.9 77 27.5 5.5 19.4 0.005

Current Year Year Value 2008 2006 2006 2009 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2009 2009 2.30 86.5 88.5 24.4 55.8 59 39.6 20.6 17.6 0.66 4.5 8.0 17.9 58.6 0.11 225 45 91.5 0.5 45.3 47.1 14.5 14.4 39.0 40.3 94.7 87.8 81.0 70.7 48.9 61.7

Total fertility rate Proportion of 1 year old child immunized against measles 2.06 Proportion of birth attended by skilled health personnel 2.07 Contraceptive prevalence rate 2.08 Adolescent birth rate per 1000 women 2.09 Antenatal care coverage (At least one visit) 2.10 Antenatal care coverage (At least four visits) 2.11 Unmet need for family planning 2.12 HIV prevalence among high risk group (%) 2.13 Condom use rate (%) 2.14 Proportion of population aged 1524 years with comprehensive and correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS (%) 2.15 Prevalence of Malaria per 100,000 population 2.16 Death rates associated with Malaria (Per 100,000 pop.) 2.17 Prevalence of TB (Per 100,000 population) 2.18 Death rates associated with TB (Per 100,000 population) TB Cure rate (%) 2.19 Achieve, by 2010 universal access to treatment for HIV/ AIDS for all who need it (%) 2.20 Prevalence of stunting for children under 5 years 2.21 Prevalence of wasting in children under moderately and severely under weight 2.22 Percentage of children under moderately and severely under weight 3. Education 3.01 Net enrolment rate in primary education by gender 3.02 Proportion of pupil enrolled in grade I and reached grade VI by gender 3.03 Adult literacy by gender

SVRS Female MICS Girls DGHS Boys DGHS/ Both MICS NIPORT Couple BBS Adolescent Pregnant women NIPORT Pregnant women NIPORT Couple DGHS Both NIPORT Male MICS Female BBS Male DGHS DGHS DGHS DGHS DGHS DGHS CMNS BBS CMNSB BS CMNSB BS DPE DPE/MI CS WMS/ Census Both Both Both Both Both Both Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Female Male NIPORT

Target Year (2015) 2.10 100 100 50.0 100.0 43 100 100 0 Halting 100

2000 2000 1990 1990 1994

43 0.37 264 76 73

2007 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007 2007 2009 2009 2009 2009

22 Halting 209 Halting Sustain Sustain

1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991

65.9 65.6 13.8 15.3 67.8 64.8 54.2 60.5 41.4 40.0 25.8 44.3

33.0

100 100 100 100 100 100

Key Area 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14

Outcome/Impact Indicator

Source BBS WMS/ Census BBS DPE/ BANBEIS /BBS DPE

Gender

Base Year Year Value 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 2002 2002 1999 1999 1999 1999 1991 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 1991 1991 2002 2002 2001 2001 1999 1999 1990 1990 1990 1990 1989 1989 1999 37.99 51.73 0.83 0.52 0.37 64.9 63.0 38.5 31.7 46.6 70.4 64.9 11.1 10.7 46.2 43.1 8.7 8.7 25.5 38.9 36.9 38.2 86.02 79.73 39.2 40.4 142 599 45.5 19.1 41.4 23.9

Current Year Year Value 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005 2005 2009 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005 2005 2009 2009 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 71.7 73.2 1.03 1.17 0.80 41.6 49.0 16.7 23.5 17.9 30.7 95.6 11.2 10.7 47.2 42.7 9.7 9.2 50.6 58.9 45.1 51.1 77.50 70.18 31.0 29.5 398 1008 66.54 14.6 93.0 96.7 29.2

Target Year (2015) 100 100 1.0 1.0 1.0

Literacy rates of people aged 15-24 years by gender Ratio of girls to boys (Gender parity index = girls/boys) Primary cycle completion rate by gender Secondary cycle completion rate by gender Completion rate at Dakhil Madrasa Ratio of literate women to men of age 20-24 (%) Repetition rate in primary education by gender Gross enrolment rate by gender (secondary) Gross enrolment rate by gender (Dakhil) Literacy rate of population (Age 7+) by gender Dropout Rate

Female Male

Primary Secondary Tertiary Girls Boys BANBEIS Girls Boys BANBEIS Girls Boys BBS F/M Girls Boys BANBEIS Girls Boys BANBEIS Girls Boys BBS Female Male DPE Primary Female Male BANBEIS Secondary Female Male BANBEIS Higher S. Female Male DPE

100 100

4. Participation in mainstream economic activities 4.01 Sex ratio of paid employee LFS, BBS 4.02 Sex ratio of self-employed or LFS, employer BBS 4.03 Share of women in wage LFS employment in agriculture sector BBS 4.04 Share of women in wage BBS employment in non-agriculture LFS sector BBS 4.05 Net employment rate by gender LFS BBS 4.06 Labour force participation rate LFS

F/M F/M Female Female Female Male Female

Key Area 4.07 4.08

Outcome/Impact Indicator (Refined) by gender Unemployment rate

Source BBS LFS BBS LFS BBS WMS, BBS GBSNSU BBS BBS BBS BGMEA LFS, BBS EC EC EC MoE MoE HIES BBS BBS Bar Council Direct. Coop MoE

Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

Base Year Year Value 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2003 2003 84.0 7.8 3.4 26.6 51.4 34.1 6.4 59.4 40.6

Current Year Year Value 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2009 2009 86.8 7.04 3.35 15.86 50.04 73.83 5.8

Target Year (2015)

Share of self-employed to total employed 4.09 Proportion of own account and contributing workers in total employment 4.10 Graduation rate in micro-credit program 4.11 Ratio of poor households covered through micro-credit by gender of head of HH 4.12 Wage rate by gender for Nonagriculture worker 4.13 Wage rate by gender for agriculture worker 4.14 Employment in garments industry by gender 5. Political and social empowerment 5.01 Average number of hours per week spent on housework and care of family members 5.02 Proportion of national and local level elected person 5.03 Percentage seats in the parliament 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Percentage of seats in the local government Percentage of women in decision making positions in public sector Percentage of women in first class government service Recipient of Remittance by gender (%) Proportion of female and male headed households with own house (a) beneficiary Proportion of female and male headed households with 0wn house (b) non-beneficiary Percentage of women in the bar council Percentage of women in the cooperative society Percentage of women in class-II

2005 2005 2009 2009 2009 2009 2007 2007 2005 2005 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2007 2007 2006

15 49 161 172 107 148 85 15 26 52 30 70 23.18 76.82 0.5 99.5 18.0 82.0 11.6 88.4 30.9 69.1 30.61 69.39 18.12 81.88 9.4 90.6 15.6 84.4 8.4

2001 2001 2002

75 25 29 44

1991 1991 1999 1999 2005 2005

10.3 89.7 8.54 91.46 9.6 90.4

50 50

Key Area

Outcome/Impact Indicator

Source

Gender Male Upper Lower Sexual Any form of physical/ sexual Both physical & sexual Female Male Female Male Raped Acid-through Seriouslyinjured Others Casesinstituted CasesDisposed CasesPending
PESP VGD DGF FFW Old Age Widowed/divo rced Retarded/disa ble FSS Gratuity& test relief FF- RMP

Base Year Year Value

Current Year Year Value 2006 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2009 2005 2005 2007 2007 2007 2007 2005 2005 2005
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007

Target Year (2015)

government service 6. Social protection and continued vulnerabilities 6.01 Percentage of female/male headed BBS households below poverty lines with housing facilities 6.02 Spousal violence against ever DHS married women of age 15-54 (%)

91.6 86.2 72.3 9.4 60.0 75.0 0.14 30.6 69.4 3345 147 676 9084 164 109 55
18.9 15.7 15.5 9.0 16.9 9.1 10.4 2.1 1.3 0.9

6.03 6.04 6.05

Proportion of female/male headed hh with housing facilities Households under safety net programme by sex of hh head Violence against women (No)

WMS, BBS HIES,B BS Police H/Q

2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001

3702 214 1079 11346 125 17 108

6.06

Anti-trafficking measure (No)

Police H/Q

6.07

Safety net programme Beneficiary(%)

BBS

6.08

Women participation in HH decision making

BBS

Mother Husband Jointly

2005 2005 2005

5.8 42.3 37.2

2009 2009 2009

9.3 29.8 60.9

* There exists definitional change in this estimate As per suggestion time series data are appended along with laws and policies of women development in the compendium.

Chapter 1: Household and Demography

Table-1.01: Incidence of Poverty by Gender and Locality (DCI Method) 1988-89 FemaleMaleheaded headed Absolute Poverty Line: 47.5 47.8 Rural 42.3 47.9 Urban 49.0 47.6 Hard-Core Poverty line: 32.0 27.7 Rural 33.0 28.5 Urban 35.7 26.2 Data Source: HIES, BBS Poverty Level/ Locality 2000 FemaleMaleheaded headed 47.7 53.3 54.6 27.7 41.0 52.4 26.4 18.4 24.4 19.6 14.0 2005 FemaleMaleheaded headed 29.5 44.0 MDG Target ( 2015) 23.8

Table-1.02: Incidence of Poverty by Locality Over Time (CBN Method) Poverty Level/ Locality 1991-92 Upper Poverty line: 58.7 Rural 42.7 Urban Lower Poverty Line: Rural 43.7 Urban 23.6 Data source: SIES, BBS 1995-96 54.5 27.8 39.4 13.7 2000 52.3 35.2 37.9 20.0 2005 43.8 28.4 20.5 28.6 14.6 Target-2015 28.3

Table-1.03: Expectation of Life at Birth (ex0 ) and unde5 5 Mortality Rate by Gender (1991-2008) Year Expectation of Life at Birth (ex0 ) by Gender Both Sex Male Female Male-Female 56.1 56.5 55.7 (+) 0.8 56.3 56.8 55.9 57.9 58.2 57.7 58.0 58.2 57.9 58.7 58.4 58.1 58.9 59.1 58.6 60.1 60.3 59.7 61.5 61.7 61.2 62.7 63.0 62.4 63.6 63.7 63.5 64.2 64.0 64.5 64.9 64.5 65.4 64.9 64.3 65.4 65.1 64.4 65.7 65.2 64.4 65.8 66.5 65.4 67.8 66.6 65.5 67.9 66.8 65.6 68.0 (-)2.4 U5MR 148 146 142 137 128 120 115 111 89 86 84 78 82 79 70 65 62 55 48 MMR 4.72 4.68 4.52 4.49 4.47 4.44 3.50 3.23 3.20 3.18 3.15 3.91 3.76 3.65 3.48 3.37 3.51 3.48 1.44 CDR 11.2 11.0 10.0 9.3 8.7 8.2 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 6.2 6.0

1991-Base year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008-Current Year 2015-Target Year Data Source: :SVRS, BBS

Table-1.04: Differentials in Expectation of Life at Birth (ex0 ) among SAARC Countries , 2007 Name of Country Year Expectation of Life at Birth (ex0) Female Male 43.5 43.6 67.9 65.4 67.6 64.0 64.9 62.0 72.7 69.7 66.9 65.6 66.5 65.9 77.9 70.3

Afghanistan 2007 Bangladesh 2007 Bhutan 2007 India 2007 Maldives 2007 Nepal 2007 Pakistan 2007 Sri Lanka 2007 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009

Chapter 2: Health and Nutrition

Table-2.01: Infant Mortality Rates by Gender, 1991-2008 Infant Mortality Rates NMR Both Sex Male Female 1991-Base year 92 95 90 64 1992 88 90 86 62 1993 84 86 82 59 1994 77 77 76 55 1995 71 73 70 52 1996 67 68 67 50 1997 60 61 59 40 1998 57 58 56 38 1999 59 61 57 39 2000 58 59 57 39 2001 56 58 55 39 2002 53 54 52 36 2003 53 55 51 36 2004 52 57 47 36 2005 50 52 47 33 2006 45 47 43 31 2007 43 44 41 29 2008-Current Yr 41 42 40 31 2015-Target Yr 31 Data Source: SVRS, BBS Annual rate of reduction of IMR achieved during 1991-2008 = 0.046% Annual rate of reduction of IMR targeted during 1991-2015 = 0.044% Thus, actual performance is satisfactory. Annual rate of reduction of U5MR achieved during 1991-2008 = 0.057% Annual rate of reduction of U5MR targeted during 1991-2015 = 0.046% Thus, actual performance is satisfactory Year PNMR 27 26 25 22 19 18 20 19 19 18 17 17 17 17 16 14 13 10 U5MR 148 146 142 137 128 120 115 111 89 86 84 78 82 79 70 65 62 55 48

Table-2.02: Maternal Mortality Rates by Gender, 1991-2008 Maternal Mortality Rates National Rural 1991-Base year 4.72 4.84 1992 4.68 4.80 1993 4.52 4.68 1994 4.49 4.60 1995 4.47 4.52 1996 4.44 4.50 1997 3.50 3.78 1998 3.23 3.36 1999 3.20 3.33 2000 3.18 3.29 2001 3.15 3.26 2002 3.91 4.17 2003 3.76 4.02 2004 3.65 3.87 2005 3.48 3.58 2006 3.37 3.75 2007 3.51 3.86 2008-Current Year 3.48 3.93 2015-Target Year 1.44 Data Source: :SVRS, BBS Year Urban 4.02 3.98 3.91 3.85 3.80 3.75 3.08 2.85 2.63 2.61 2.58 2.73 2.70 2.53 2.75 1.96 2.19 2.42 Skilled BA 5.0 27.5 5.5 Antenatal care-One Antenatal care-Four

18.0 20 50

39.6 100

20.6 100

Table-2.03: Prevalence (%) of malnourished <5 years children in Bangladesh Year/Locality 1990 1992 1995 2000 2005 Rural Urban National Rural Urban National Rural Urban National Rural Urban National Rural Urban National Data Source: BBS Under weight (WAZ < -2) 66.7 62.7 65.8 69.8 57.2 68.3 59.3 46.3 57.4 52.6 41.8 51.0 50.1 38.5 47.8 Stunting (HAZ < -2) 66.7 58.3 64.6 65.8 52.8 64.2 52.8 42.9 51.4 50.2 37.5 48.3 44.9 32.5 42.4 Wasting (WHZ < -2) 14.7 14.0 14.4 16.9 15.1 16.7 17.2 13.3 16.6 12.2 10.9 12.0 13.1 10.8 12.7 MUAC ( <12 cm) 11.0 8.5 10.7 13.2 8.4 12.6 11.0 6.6 10.4 7.0 3.6 6.5 4.9 2.6 4.1

Chapter 3: Education Chapter

Table-3.01: Adult Literacy of Population of 15 Years and Over by Gender, 1991-2008 Year 1991 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Target-2015 Data Source: SVRS, BBS Adult Literacy of Population of 15 Years and Over by Gender Both sexes Female Male 37.2 43.3 25.8 45.3 55.6 38.1 51.2 59.4 42.2 52.6 59.4 42.5 52.7 60.7 42.8 52.8 61.0 43.2 47.5 53.9 40.8 49.6 55.5 43.4 50.3 56.3 44.2 51.6 57.2 45.8 53.5 58.3 48.6 53.7 58.5 48.8 58.3 63.1 53.5 59.1 63.4 54.7 100 100 100

Table-3.02: Gross and Net Enrolment Rate in Primary Education by Gender Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source BBS BBS BBS DPE DPE DPE BBS Gross Enrolment Rate by Gender Both Sexes Girls Boys 106.8 104.5 107.7 106.9 104.8 107.9 104.8 102.3 106.2 101.5 99.2 102.1 101.0 98.6 101.6 102.1 1002 102.0 102.6 97.9 100.8 Net Enrolment Rate by Gender Both Sexes Girls Boys 85.5 85.6 85.4 82.0 82.6 81.4 85.7 86.4 85.1 87.2 90.1 84.6 90.9 94.5 87.6 91.1 94.7 87.8 80.8 81.3 80.3

Table-3.03: Differentials in Adult Literacy of Population Age 15 Years and Above Among SAARC Countries, 2007 Name of Country Year Adult Literacy of Population Aged 15 + Years Female Male 12.6 43.1 53.5 63.1 38.7 65.0 54.5 76.9 97.1 97.0 43.6 70.3 39.6 67.7 89.1 92.7

Afghanistan 2007 Bangladesh 2007 Bhutan 2007 India 2007 Maldives 2007 Nepal 2007 Pakistan 2007 Sri Lanka 2007 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009

Table-3.04: Differentials in Combined Gross Enrolment Ratio in Education Among SAARC Countries, 2007 Name of Country Year Combined Gross Enrolment Ratio in Education Female Male 35.4 63.5 52.5 51.8 53.7 54.6 57.4 64.3 71.4 71.3 58.1 63.4 34.4 43.9 69.9 67.5

Afghanistan 2007 Bangladesh 2007 Bhutan 2007 India 2007 Maldives 2007 Nepal 2007 Pakistan 2007 Sri Lanka 2007 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009

Chapter 4: Womens Participation in Mainstream Economic Activities

Table-4.3: Differentials in Estimated Earned Income in US $ by Gender among SAARC Countries, 2007 Name of Country Year Earned Income by Gender in SAARC Countries Female Male 442 1845 830 1633 2636 6817 1304 4102 3597 6714 794 1309 760 4135 3064 5450

Afghanistan 2007 Bangladesh 2007 Bhutan 2007 India 2007 Maldives 2007 Nepal 2007 Pakistan 2007 Sri Lanka 2007 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009

Chapter 5: Womens Political and Social Empowerment

Table-5.1: Womens Participation in Civil Administration (%) Men Secretary 98.0 Additional Secretary 98.2 Joint Secretary 98,5 Deputy Secretary 98.9 Senior Assistant Secretary 91.0 Assistant Secretary 85.7 Total 91.5 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009 Designation 1999 Women 2.0 1.8 1.5 1.1 9.0 14.3 8.5 Men 98.4 100.0 93.2 88.3 84.3 77.3 85.0 2006 Women 1.6 0.0 6.8 11.7 15.7 22.7 15.00

Table-5.3: Differentials in Gender Related Development Index (GDI) among SAARC Countries Name of Country Year GDI Afghanistan 2007 88.0 Bangladesh 2007 98.7 Bhutan 2007 97.7 India 2007 97.1 Maldives 2007 99.5 Nepal 2007 98.4 Pakistan 2007 93.0 Sri Lanka 2007 99.6 Data Source: Human Development Report 2009 GDI Rank 154 123 113 114 77 119 124 83 HDI GDI Rank 0 0 -1 0 1 2 -5 2

Chapter 6: Social Protection and Continued Vulnerabilities

Table-6.1: Cases Reported Violence Against Women Oppression,2002-2007 Year Rape Acid throwing Seriously injured Total 19039 1087 5400 2002 3702 214 1079 2003 4118 207 1209 2004 2865 191 663 2005 2556 183 568 2006 2453 145 1205 2007 3345 147 676 Data Source: Police Head Quarter, Ministry of Home, 2008 Table-6.2: Number of Disposal Cases Relating to Trafficking in Women Cases Ended in Conviction Acquitted 2004-2006 1. National monitoring Committee 67 61 2. Direct Monitoring Committee 10 50 2006-2007 1. National monitoring Committee 25 21 2. Direct Monitoring Committee 6 31 Data Source: Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Period Disposed by Death 3 1 3 1 Nature of Conviction Life term Other terms 83 28 11 4 30 6 4 1 Others 56288 11346 12853 8023 7561 7421 9084 Total 81870 17153 18337 11643 10871 10622 13244