Changing trends of women's participation in politics in Bangladesh: experience from national parliament

Political participation of women in Bangladesh has increased both at the local and national levels. The meaningful participation of women in national parliament has become an important focus on the democratic development and the range of country’s policy issues. In this regard, the participation of women in politics is a very crucial issue through which they can play an important role in decision making as people's representatives. At present, the participation of women in the politics especially in national parliament of Bangladesh is being increased. This paper is based on the review of secondary documents. Using content analysis based on qualitative methods, this study examines the status of women’s participation in politics as well as investigates the changing trends, the reasons behind increasing or decreasing trends. Examining the status of women's participation since independence till the last election, study shows the increasing trends of participation of women in the national parliament in the context of Bangladesh.