Socio-Economic Instance of Ethnic Group in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Dhaka City

Abstract

In Bangladesh, an ethnic community such as barber, cobbler, washerman, porter become victims of severe discrimination despite the constitutional declaration that protects citizen's equal rights regardless of their race, caste, religion. This study focuses on various minor and untouchable groups in our society. Due to various reasons like lack of education, extreme poverty, lack of proper healthy atmosphere, etc. they could not organize themselves to establish their rights. Consequently, they remain in the darkness of the community. They also remain out of development efforts, untouchable and downtrodden. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from 12th February to 27th February 2020 in different areas in the capital city. The purpose of the study is to determine the lifestyle, family background, education level, and socioeconomic impact to access credit among these groups of people.

Indigenous Garo Women's Role in Family Transformation in Bangladesh

“…The study was conducted based on the secondary data analysis where the findings of the study reveal that there are no vast occupation opportunities for the hill tracts people, even agricultural and cultivation activities are highly dependent on nature and primitive technologies (Hossain, 2013). Predominantly, Beg et al (2020) illustrate a study on the lifestyle, family background, education level, and socioeconomic status of ethnic groups in Bangladesh. This study has been conducted based on a cross-sectional survey method where the findings of the study validate that minority groups could not organize themselves to reach their basic rights due to lack of education, extreme poverty, lack of proper healthy atmosphere, etc.…”

“…This study has been conducted based on a cross-sectional survey method where the findings of the study validate that minority groups could not organize themselves to reach their basic rights due to lack of education, extreme poverty, lack of proper healthy atmosphere, etc. In this regard, the authors suggest that the government and concerned authorities should take appropriate initiatives so that they can get enough facilities to survive meaningfully (Beg et al, 2020). As well, Akhter & Rahman (2020) conduct a study on assessing the changes in the lifestyles of the Garo ethnic community from the socio-economic perspective.…”

Socio-economic conditions of Rishi community in Khulna City Corporation (KCC)

“…The Rishi community is a small minority group, considered intangible, who are generally engaged in repairing and polishing shoes (Beg, Khan, Afrina, Hossain, & Zayed, 2020). These people are disrespected in society because of low education rates and mental barriers.…”