‘Gender’ and ‘Gender inequality’ are one of the most talkative words and have a greater importance all over the world. While, fight for gender inequality is become like a phenomenon, women are grossly discriminated in every sphere of their life and they are treated like a second class citizen in Bangladesh (Islam, 2000). Moreover, they are always subservient to men and this phenomenon transmitted from one generation to another (Haider, 2012:203; Balk, 1997; Mahmud, 2003; Sebstad and Cohen, 2000; Khan et al., 2002; Kabeer, 2005; Hadi, 2001), as patriarchal society like Bangladesh demands. Even though, every important decisions of a women’s life before marriage depend to their family member, especially to father and after marriage this
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Though poverty is a greater factor, which hinders girl’s education in Bangladesh but when girl married early, usually drops out school and begins full time work in the home of her husband’s parents and it threatens girl’s education, mobility, health and safety (UNICEF, 2009). Furthermore, education increases the freedom and accessibility of women to various resources. In Bangladesh, study suggested that women with higher education have greater control to their fertility, contraceptive use, sex preference, sexual violence, sexually transmitted disease, reproductive tract infections, maternal health care and vaccinations in compared to uneducated women (Amin et al., 2010; Chakraborty et al., 2003:327; Bates et al., 2004:190; Paul and Rumsey, 2002; Rahman, 2009). Because, uneducated women are married very early, as a result, they are less aware and less knowledgeable about their reproductive process and functions (UNICEF, 2009). Besides, study suggested that women with lower education suffered from sexual violence, pregnancy complications, sexually transmitted disease, reproductive tract infections, malnutrition and induced abortion, which further affect both maternal mortality, morbidity and reproductive health status of women (Amin et al., 2010; Chakraborty et al., 2003:327; Bates et al., 2004:190; Paul and Rumsey, 2002:1755; Rahman,
Though poverty is a greater factor, which hinders girl’s education in Bangladesh but when girl married early, usually drops out school and begins full time work in the home of her husband’s parents and it threatens girl’s education, mobility, health and safety (UNICEF, 2009). Furthermore, education increases the freedom and accessibility of women to various resources. In Bangladesh, study suggested that women with higher education have greater control to their fertility, contraceptive use, sex preference, sexual violence, sexually transmitted disease, reproductive tract infections, maternal health care and vaccinations in compared to uneducated women (Amin et al., 2010; Chakraborty et al., 2003:327; Bates et al., 2004:190; Paul and Rumsey, 2002; Rahman, 2009). Because, uneducated women are married very early, as a result, they are less aware and less knowledgeable about their reproductive process and functions (UNICEF, 2009). Besides, study suggested that women with lower education suffered from sexual violence, pregnancy complications, sexually transmitted disease, reproductive tract infections, malnutrition and induced abortion, which further affect both maternal mortality, morbidity and reproductive health status of women (Amin et al., 2010; Chakraborty et al., 2003:327; Bates et al., 2004:190; Paul and Rumsey, 2002:1755; Rahman,