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"Desire to see how people live in foreign countries and to feel it from experience."
That was the main reason why I participated in this study tour. Here is what I saw in Bangladesh: Cars, buses, and rickshaws run on the street without any order. Peddlers and beggars bang on car windows. The town is full of men but I saw relatively more women outside in this country, compared to Pakistan.
This country itself and NGOs seem to be tackling women's issues positively, and as a result, the womenfs status seems improving little by little.
I would like to share two impressive scenes that I encountered. The first scene was at the Grameen Bank. One of the male visitors in the same group threw an interesting question at them.
"The Grameen Bank gives loans to poor women. Why not to poor men?" They answered. "Although men use money for themselves, women tend to use it for their husbands and children."
I didnft understand the importance of lending money to women at first. However, I heard many stories at various places during the 11-day trip, I realized how effective the system is. It is actually changing the equality among men and women.
The second situation was at a time of interviewing the scholarship student of g2050.h Someone asked, "When you are born next time, which gender would you like to be, a man or a woman?"
Everyone answered, "That would be a man because men seem to have more opportunities." We understood what they meant. At the same time, we hoped that the current situation would be improved by the year of 2050 and they would give us a different answer to the same question, gWell, we are not sure which gender we would like to be.h
Finally, I am thankful of being given such an opportunity. Various encounters can change people.