Glass Ceiling

Welcome to my Presentation

Kazi Md. Ashiqur Rahman

Roll No: 17010710
EMBA, 11th Batch
 1
Transition
headline
 The term was originally used by Carol
Hymowitz and Timothy Schellhardt in a
The Concept of
March 24,1986 Wall Street Journal
Glass Ceiling
article.

The term is distinguished from other

barriers to advancement such as
education or experience.
 ⊙Deconcentration
Types of (Govt. Agency)
Decentralization
⊙Delegation
(i.e; Public Corporation)
⊙Devolution
(Local Government)
⊙Privatization
 ⊙An unofficial barrier to
Definition of opportunities within an
Glass Ceiling organization or company which is
perceived to prevent protected
classes of workers, particularly
women, from advancing to higher
positions.
 ⊙Article 11, 59, 60.
Constitutional ⊙Article-11: “….effective
Basis
participation by the
people through their
elected representatives
in administration at all
levels shall be ensured”.
 ⊙Local Government in every
administrative unit of the Republic shall be
entrusted to bodies, composed of persons
elected in accordance with law.
Article- 59 ⊙Functions:
(a) Administration and the work of public
officers;
(b) the maintenance of public order; the
preparation and implementation of plans relating
to public services and economic development.
 Powers of Local Government

⊙Power conferred by law of

Article: 60 parliament
⊙power to impose taxes for local
purposes,
⊙to prepare their budgets and
⊙to maintain funds.
Legal Basis of ⊙Zila Parishad Act, 2000.
Local ⊙Upazila Parishad Act, 1998.
Government ⊙Union Parishad Act, 2009
⊙City Corporation Act, 2009.
⊙Paurashava Act, 2009.
 Types and Rural System Urban System
Structure of
⊙Zila Parishad (61) ⊙City Corporations (11)
Local ⊙Upazilla (491) ⊙Paurashavas (327)
Government ⊙Union Parishads
(4,553)
 Prime Minister’s Office Ministry of Local Government,
Rural Development and
Cooperatives
Ministry of Local Government

Chittagong Hill Division

Tract Affairs

Local
Government Rural Local Urban Local
Special Area Government Government

Raja/ Circle Regional District City

Chief 3 Council (1) Council (61) Corporation
(

Hill District Upazila Pourashava

Local Government Parishad (465)
Council (3)

Pourashava (3)

Upazila Union
Mouza based Parishad (26) Parishad (4435)
Headmankarbari
System 472
Union
Parishad (118)

Ward Ward
 ⊙To maintain law and order situation.
⊙To provide the basic needs of the
community.
Common ⊙To provide various services to the local
Functions of people.
Local ⊙To make healthy and safe environment.
Government ⊙To make roads and other infrastructure.
⊙To co-ordinate the lower tiers by upper
tiers of LG.
⊙To develop the quality of life of grass
root people.
 ⊙ Undue Bureaucratic Control
⊙ Blatant Interference of Members of Parliament
Problems of (MPs)
Local ⊙Weak institutional capacity
Government ⊙Lack of autonomy
in ⊙Lack of political commitment
Bangladesh ⊙Weak accountability and transparency
⊙Monopoly role of central government
⊙Less participation of women in policy making
stage
⊙Financial dependency on central government
⊙Misuse of power and public wealth
⊙Lack of visionary leadership
 ⊙Government should work for the help
and co-ordination of local government
⊙All types of bureaucratic control
Possible Way should eliminated from the local
Out government.
⊙Women empowerment should be
ensured in the local government unit.
⊙The provisions of taking advice from
the member of parliament should be
removed from the concerned act.
⊙Financial autonomy should be ensured
Thanks!
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