Browsing by Author "Huda, Samiha"

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Education for empowerment: a note on BRAC's Human Rights and Legal Education Programme (HRLEP) at Matlab
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996) Huda, Samiha
This study attempts to address selected aspects of BRAC's Human Rights and Legal Education Programme (HRLEP) in Matlab Thana. HRLEP at Matlab began in January 1996 through training of the members of village organizations (VOs) on human rights and legal education. The major objective of the study was to assess the process of HRLE training at Matlab and explore the level of interaction between VO members and the shasthya shebikas (SSs) and Programme Assistant (PA) involved in training. The study also aimed to elicit the participants' perception of the programme and to evaluate the contents of the training manual. Data were collected through direct observation of HRLE training sessions in l 5 villages. Programme information were collected from HRLE staff at Matlab. Published articles, manuscripts, annual reports, and research reports on the issue were also used as secondary material. It was found that none of the shebikas at Matlab received training manuals (as on l 5 May 1996), rather they were providing training with the help of their notes taken during their own training. It was also found that some of the VO members were not interested in the course at the beginning but became interested later on. Credit was found to be an important factor in motivating enrollment; once they start attending the training classes, they tended to grow interest in the course and wished to continue. Another important finding was that some VO members' husbands objected to their participation in the course. A common objection of their husbands concerned the teaching of Muslim Family Law, especially the issue of divorce. Hindu VO members demanded that Hindu Law be included in the course contents as well. Major recommendations include: • Teaching manuals should be supplied immediately to the SSs. • It is suggested that issues such as Hindu Family Law and Laws of Inheritance and domestic violence be included in the course contents. • Flip charts used in the course should include more illustrations. The size of the illustrations should be increased so that each page contains only one picture. Four separate flip charts can be produced for four different laws. • A strong follow up system should be developed, so that BRAC members do not forget what they have learned
Effects of BRAC's development inputs on women's lives
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1996-10) Huda, Samiha; Khan, Mahmuda Rahman; Mahmud, Simeen; Khan, Shahriar Reza; Chowdhury, Mushtaque; Bhuiya, Abbas; Khan, Munirul Islam
The BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project consists of two phases of research, analysis and interpretation over a 6-year project cycle. Initiated in 1992, research in Phase I (1992- 1995) involved a large cross-sectional survey and a series of exploratory studies to assess existing differences in the population prior to BRAC's RDP intervention. These studies sought to elucidate the socioeconomic and environmental context within which BRAC's programmes would operate. Informed by the baseline and exploratory studies referred to above, the Currently operating Phase n of this project (1995-1998) involves both in-depth and longitudinal investigations of the hypotheses generated during Phase I. This report documents the health component of the first of the three rounds of longitudinal data collected during summer, rainy and dry seasons respectively beginning the middle of April 1995.
Participation in BRAC's Rural Development Programme and the impact of group dynamics on individual outcomes
(BRAC, 1998) Mahmud, Simeen; Huda, Samiha
This study explored women's participation in Brae's rural development programme to identify some unobserved selecting factors that are believed to influence women's decision to participate or not and, the effect of group dynamics on individual outcomes of women programme participants. The data used for the study originates from Brac-ICDDR, B Joint research project in Matlab (April-Aug. '95). Ever married women aged between 15-50 years in 2,241 households of 14 villages with Brae interventions were included in the study. The results show that women's decision to participate was determined significantly by reported health status, perceived contribution to household income, household land ownership, relation with husband and unwanted pregnancy. The individual factors like age, literacy, marital status, etc. had no effect on the decision to participate. Group dynamics was captured by three indexes e.g., VO (village organization) homogeneity, VO activity and VO social awareness. Of these, VO homogeneity appeared to have the most consistent and positive effects on mobility, · income-earning and modern family planning use. There were cross-cutting effects of the other two indexes on outcomes. From the findings, it is desirable to pay greater attention to group mobilisation and group formation processes in programme implementation.
Participation in BRAC's rural development programme and the impact of group dynamics on individual outcomes
(Dhaka: BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project, 1998. ii, 25 p., 1998) Mahmud, Simeen; Huda, Samiha
Problems of the women headed households
(BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project, 1995) Hossain, Naomi; Huda, Samiha
Problems of women-headed households[book]
(Dhaka:BRAC-ICDDR,B Joint Research Project, 1995. 57 p., 1995) Hossain, Naomi; Huda, Samiha
Women's control over assers : role of credit-based development interventions [book chapter]
(1998) Huda, Samiha; Mahmud, Simeen
Women's control over productive assets: role of credit based development interventions
(BRAC, 1998) Huda, Samiha; Mahmud, Simeen
This paper examines the degree to which participation in BRAC's development intereventions has any impact on women's ownership and control over assets. Information was collected under BRAGICDDR,B joint research project at Matlab during April-August 1995 through structured interview. In addition to socio-economic and demographic characteristics, information regarding ownership and control over assets was elicited from 2295 currently married women between 15-55 years of age of whom 22% were BRAC members. Bivariate distribution comparing members and non-members in terms of asset ownership and control were assessed through use of indices. Women's assets were categorized into big and small according to their relative value. findings reveal that women's ownership and control over big assets increased with age. Currently married women tend to own more big assets and have greater control over those, but levels of schooling did not appear to effect either ownership or control. Women's ownership and control over small assets were not found to have any assocaition with women's age or household head's occopational status. When compared with eligible non-members, BRAC members appeared to have greater ownership · and control over assets, (both big and small). However, no difference was seen amongst members in terms of ownership and control over assets when BRAC membership was categorized according to duration, intensity and type.
Women's control over productive assets: role of credit-based development interventions
(BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1998-05) Huda, Samiha; Mahmud, Simeen