UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: 3rd and 4th Periodic Reports of States Parties, Bangladesh.
- Author: Government of Bangladesh
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Date:
1 April 1997
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY STATES PARTIES UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Third and fourth periodic reports of States parties
BANGLADESH*[1]
ABBREVIATIONS
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ADAB | Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh |
| ASA | Association for Social Advancement |
| ASSP | Agriculture Support Services Project |
| BANBEIS | Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics |
| BBS | Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
| BGMEA | Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association |
| BRAC | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
| BRDB | Bangladesh Rural Development Board |
| BJMS | Bangladesh Jatiyo Mohila Sangstha |
| BSCIC | Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation |
| CBR | Crude Birth Rate |
| CDR | Crude Death Rate |
| CDP | Crop Diversification Programme |
| CPR | Contraceptive Prevalence Rate |
| DWA | Department of Women Affairs |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| HPSS | Health and Population Sector Strategies |
| HSC | Higher Secondary Certificate |
| HIV | Human Immune Deficiency Virus |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMR | Infant Mortality Rate |
| ICPD | International Conference on Population and Development |
| LFS | Labour Force Survey |
| MCH | Maternity and Child Health |
| MOWCA | Ministry of Women and Children Affairs |
| MMR | Maternal Mortality Rate |
| NAP | National Action Plan |
| NRR | Net Reproductive Rate |
| NCWD | National Council for Women Development |
| PFA | Platform for Action |
| PKSF | Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| SSC | Secondary School Certificate |
| THC | Thana Health Centre |
| TFR | Total Fertility Rate |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children Emergency Fund |
| VGDP | Vulnerable Group Development Programme |
| WID | Women in Development |
| WEDP | Women's Entrepreneurship Development Programme |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
GLOSSARY
| CHOWKIDAR | Village Security guard |
| MADRASHA | Educational Institution with special emphasis on religion |
| SATELLITE CLINIC | Mobile temporary medical clinic at village level for mother and child care |
| SHALISH | Local level mediation body |
| STRIDHAN | The property given to a woman from her family at the time of her marriage |
| UNANI and AYURVEDI MEDICINE | Traditional Herbal Medicine |
| UNION PARISHAD | Lowest tier of Local Government |
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* The present report is being issued as received, without formal editing.For the initial report submitted by the Government of Bangladesh, see CEDAW/C/5/34; for its consideration by the Committee, see CEDAW/C/SR.96, 97 and 99, and Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/42/38), paras. 503-572; for the second periodic report submitted by the Government of Bangladesh, see CEDAW/C/13/Add.30; for its consideration by the Committee, see CEDAW/C/SR.220 and 227, and Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/48/38), paras. 248-326.
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