খসড়া নিরাপদ খাদ্য আইন,২০১৩ - একটি পর্যালোচনা (original) (raw)

খসড়া নিরাপদ খাদ্য আইন,২০১৩ - একটি পর্যালোচনা

2013, খসড়া নিরাপদ খাদ্য আইন,২০১৩ - একটি পর্যালোচনা

I have reviewed the Nirapad Khaddyo Ain Bill 2013 (Bangladesh Safe Food Bill, 2013) at the invitation of Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD), House# 1/3, Block# F, Lalmatia, Dhaka- 1207, Bangaladesh and Actionaid Bangladesh, House SE(C) 5/B (old 8), Road 136, Gulshan 1, Dhaka 1212. The paper was presented at a Roundtable discussion titled “Food Security of the People and Food Safety Act 2013 (draft) jointly organised by Association for Land Reform and Development (ALRD) and Actionaid Bangladesh at Dhaka Reporters Unity on 08.06.2013. The news of the Roundtable was published by the Daily Star: http://www.thedailystar.net/news/draft-food-safety-law-has-some-loopholes; and GreenwatchBD: http://greenwatchbd.com/ban-gm-food-in-draft-food-safety-bill/

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Influences on Pregnancy-Termination Decisions in Matlab, Bangladesh

Demography, 2013

We investigate factors affecting women’s decisions to terminate pregnancies in Matlab, Bangladesh, using logistic regression on high-quality data from the Demographic Surveillance System on more than 215,000 pregnancies that occurred between 1978 and 2008. Variables associated with the desire not to have another birth soon (very young and older maternal age, a greater number of living children, the recent birth of twins or of a son, a short interval since a recent live birth) are associated with a greater likelihood of pregnancy termination, and the effects of many of these explanatory variables are stronger in more recent years. Women are less likely to terminate a pregnancy if they don’t have any living sons or recently experienced a miscarriage, a stillbirth, or the death of a child. The higher the woman’s level of education, the more likely she is to terminate a pregnancy. Between 1982 and the mid-2000s, pregnancy termination was significantly less likely in the area of Matlab w...

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