Is the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic disrupting women’s empowerment in Bangladesh? The response is affirmative because the pandemic-induced socio-economic scenario is not complementary to women’s empowerment. Let us discuss why this socio-economic scenario will agitate women’s empowerment, disrupting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5: gender equality. Among the 17 goals set in 2015, by the United Nations as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, the fifth goal is gender equality, aimed at the empowerment of all women and girls. The term “women’s empowerment” simultaneously refers to the level of control possessed by women and the process of increasing control over the decisions that have an impact on their livelihood, social status and self-respect.
Is the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic disrupting women’s empowerment in Bangladesh? The response is affirmative because the pandemic-induced socio-economic scenario is not complementary to women’s empowerment. Let us discuss why this socio-economic scenario will agitate women’s empowerment, disrupting the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5: gender equality. Among the 17 goals set in 2015, by the United Nations as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, the fifth goal is gender equality, aimed at the empowerment of all women and girls. The term “women’s empowerment” simultaneously refers to the level of control possessed by women and the process of increasing control over the decisions that have an impact on their livelihood, social status and self-respect.
