Karim K M Rabiul, Emmelin Maria, Resurreccion Bernadette P, Wamala Sarah
Department of Social Work, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Health Care Women Int. 2012;33(3):200-16. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2011.603861.
In this study, we explored the implications of a groundwater development project on women's workload and their experience of marital violence in a Bangladesh village. We believe that the project facilitated irrigation water but also that it resulted in seasonal domestic water shortages. Men used deep motorized pumps for irrigation, and women used shallow handpumps for domestic purposes. Many handpumps dried out, so women had to walk to distant wells. This increased their workload and challenged their possibilities of fulfilling household obligations, thereby increasing the risk of normative marital male violence against women as a punishment for their failure.
在本研究中，我们探讨了孟加拉国一个村庄的地下水开发项目对女性工作量以及她们遭受婚姻暴力经历的影响。我们认为，该项目虽促进了灌溉用水，但也导致了季节性家庭用水短缺。男性使用电动深井泵进行灌溉，女性则使用浅井手压泵满足家庭用水需求。许多手压泵干涸，因此女性不得不走到远处的水井取水。这增加了她们的工作量，使她们履行家庭义务面临挑战，从而增加了作为对她们失职惩罚的规范性婚内男性对女性暴力的风险。
