Abstract: The world has become more globalized in 21st century. As economic globalization has been accelerated very fast especially after 1990s, the world started to be more interconnected and dependency grew as well.Because of the global interconnectedness the world economy became globalized. The impact of economic globalization can be observed in various sectors. Among them gender dimension is very significant. Globalization at the same time both initiated development and challenges to the women as well. Gender segregation in economy has always been one of the areas for the researchers and academicians. So, how economic globalization has relation to gender segregation is the research topic of this paper. For the study purpose Bangladeshi garment workers(women)working in Dhaka, the capital of.....
KEY WORDS: Economic globalization, Gender segregation, Feminism, Globalization
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