Economic coercion is a form of intimate partner violence (IPV) that is distinct from but often co-occurs with physical, psychological, and sexual IPV. Women’s experiences of economic coercion are understudied in low- and middle-income countries, despite increases in women’s economic opportunities in these settings. Bangladesh is a salient site to understand how women experience, interpret and give meaning to economic coercion because historical gender inequalities in access to economic opportunities and resources are changing in favor of greater participation of women in economic activities. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 24 married women aged 19–47 years to understand their experiences of economic coercion with respect to their involvement in income-generating activities in rural Bangladesh. Overall, we found that women’s experiences of economic coercion were multi-dimensional, and influenced by women’s participation in income-generating activities. In this setting, three major domains of economic coercion by husbands emerged from women’s narratives: denial of access to income-generating activities, coercive control over resources, and economic neglect. Furthermore, participant narratives reflected the continued influence of the patriarchal family system, and the gendered power relations therein, on women’s experiences of economic coercion, despite increases in women’s involvement in income-generating activities. Our results suggest that women’s experiences of economic coercion influence their participation in income-generating activities in Matlab, Bangladesh. Interventions to increase women’s economic opportunities should consider the barriers and potential repercussions of women’s involvement.

经济胁迫是亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的一种形式，与身体、心理和性 IPV 不同，但通常与这些暴力同时发生。尽管在这些环境中妇女的经济机会有所增加，但在低收入和中等收入国家，妇女遭受经济胁迫的经历并未得到充分研究。孟加拉国是了解妇女如何体验、解释经济胁迫并赋予其意义的重要场所，因为在获得经济机会和资源方面的历史性别不平等正在发生变化，有利于妇女更多地参与经济活动。我们对 24 名年龄在 19-47 岁之间的已婚妇女进行了深入的定性访谈，以了解她们在参与孟加拉国农村创收活动时遭受经济胁迫的经历。全面的，我们发现女性的经济胁迫经历是多维度的，并受到女性参与创收活动的影响。在这种情况下，丈夫经济胁迫的三个主要领域出现在妇女的叙述中：拒绝获得创收活动、对资源的胁迫控制和经济忽视。此外，参与者的叙述反映了男权家庭制度及其性别化的权力关系对妇女经济胁迫经历的持续影响，尽管妇女参与创收活动有所增加。我们的研究结果表明，妇女在经济胁迫下的经历会影响她们参与孟加拉国 Matlab 的创收活动。