Problems of the Women Headed Households
Published By: BRAC on eSS | Published Date: October, 28 , 1995The objective of this study was to identify and understand the problems
faced by women-headed households. The study was undertaken with two assumptions: (1) a support
system is in place which ensures that on the loss of their husbands, women will either return to their natal
home, be taken in by in-laws, or be helped by relatives in the community while nominally heading their
own separated khana (households), (2) participation in BRAC programmes improves the position of the
poor people and will reduce the vulnerability of women-headed households. Field work was undertaken
in Matlab, where 18 women heads of households were studied. [Working Paper Number 9]
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