International Journal of Law and Politics Studies ISSN: 2709-0914 DOI: 10.32996/ijlps Journal Homepage: www.al-kindipublisher.com/index.php/ijlps IJLPS AL-KINDI CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Copyright: © 2024 the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Published by Al-Kindi Centre for Research and Development, London, United Kingdom. Page | 70 | RESEARCH ARTICLE The Local Government of Bangladesh and its Institutions are Pivotal in the Empowerment and Involvement of Women in the Country Sayeda Farjana Farabi 1 ✉, Sanchita Saha 2 and Mani Prabha 3 1 Department of Law, Southeast University, 251/A Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka 1208, Bangladesh 2 Department of Masters of Social Sciences, National University of Bangladesh 3 Department of Foreign Liaison, Friendship NGO, Baridhara, Dhaka, Bangladesh Corresponding Author: Sayeda Farjana Farabi Email: farabisyeda@gmail.com | ABSTRACT In every growing nation like Bangladesh, integrating women through gender-specific policies is a recognized need for attaining significant progress. However, this problem has only now come to light about policy changes in the administrative and local government spheres. Women now have a quota in grassroots democratic institutions in Bangladesh as a result of recent local government reform. Women's issues have come up from time to time in the local government context and were emphasized in the government reform agenda, as demonstrated by the 1997 Local Government Reform. The Local Government (Union Parishad) Amendment Act of 1997 was enacted as a result. It allocates three reserved seats to three directly elected female members of the Union Parishad. Nonetheless, there are significant gaps in gender parity in the reform agenda and governance policies. Union Parishad is the most popular democratic group in the area. Given the tight relationship between empowerment and participation, the status of women's engagement at this level is vital and merits particular consideration. This paper aims to trace the origin of local government institutions in Bangladesh, focusing on women's empowerment and development. It aims to guide researchers and update readers on legal developments in local government institutions. The research monograph uses the Qualitative Method, examining information from books, papers, websites, and laws. The National Library of Australia provides high-quality materials that blend description and analysis. | KEYWORDS Local Government, women's empowerment, Gender parity, Governance policies. | ARTICLE INFORMATION ACCEPTED: 10 December 2021 PUBLISHED: 31 December 2021 DOI: 10.32996/ijlps.2021.3.2.10 1. Introduction In a wider sense the concept of development of local government institutions with the participation, empowerment, and contribution of women in Local government, in a simple way, the idea of evolution of local government institutions in our country can be traced back to thousands of years. The origin and consequent development of local government institutions is a continuous process concerned with the historical background, politics, economy, equal rights of women, and conceptual view of the land. The development of local government with women's participation shows that the government allows women to subsidize political enlargement. However, this paper recommends that this particular topic be focused on two different but interrelated areas. They are: a) The Local government of Bangladesh and its institutions b) The contribution and empowerment of women in Bangladesh.