Masuda Kamal Books

The book explores the severe disadvantages faced by rural women in Bangladesh, highlighting their lack of education, income, and power, as well as their vulnerability to violence. With no institutional support to protect their rights, these women often struggle to advocate for themselves. The narrative emphasizes the importance of women's empowerment as a means of achieving emancipation, particularly through NGO efforts like microcredit programs that organize women into groups, raise awareness, and provide financial support for income-generating activities.

Disability is a universal phenomenon although awareness regarding disability, rights of the persons with disability and their rehabilitation in general and community based rehabilitation in specific still is not significant in the developing countries like Bangladesh.Some NGOs have come up with different intervention strategies to address the problem and they are learning from experience. A development research organization conducted an action research program for years together in its laboratory area involving the community with a view to evolving a sustainable model of rehabilitation of the persons with disability suitable for rural society in the south Asian region.The book is based on the findings of a empirical study on the initiative and it provides inputs for researchers and practitioners working in this field.