Women’s Participation in Food for Work Program in Kapasia Upazila under Gazipur District

The main focus of the study was to determine the extent of participation of women in the food for work program as well as to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the women and their participation. The study was conducted in Kapasia Upazila of Gazipur district. Data were collected by using pre-tested interview schedule. One hundred and ten respondent women were selected using simple random sampling method. Findings of the study reveal that more than three-fifth (62.72%) of the respondent women belonged medium participation category in food for work program. Women’s participation was highest in clearing (57.27%) in metal road maintenance whereas 41.2 percent in grass placement in case of mud road maintenance. Results also indicate that women had lower participation in all activities of both metal and mud road preparation compared to this men counterpart. Correlation analysis evince that education and training exposure of the respondent women had positive significant and age had negative significant relationship with their participation.