"Nobody helps us": Insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach [Personne ne nous vient en aide : Points de vue de femmes bangladaises ultra-pauvres sur le fait qu'elles sont hors de portee]

Munro, JennyMcIntyre, Lynn2015-12-130961-4524http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77525This paper documents the exclusion from formal assistance of 43 Bangladeshi ultra-poor female heads of household, which forces women to rely on overstretched forms of informal assistance that are not culturally prescribed and are often experienced as shamKeywords: civil society; development aid; female headed household; gender relations; humanitarian aid; nongovernmental organization; womens status; Bangladesh Aid; Civil society - NGOs; Gender and diversity; South Asia"Nobody helps us": Insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach [Personne ne nous vient en aide : Points de vue de femmes bangladaises ultra-pauvres sur le fait qu'elles sont hors de portee]201310.1080/09614524.2013.7721182016-02-24